Mary of Scotland

Mary of Scotland

Director: John Ford Cast: Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
, Fredric March
Fredric March
, Florence Eldridge
Florence Eldridge
, Douglas Walton
Douglas Walton
John Ford
Mary of Scotland

Mary of Scotland

Director: John Ford Cast: Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
, Fredric March
Fredric March
, Florence Eldridge
Florence Eldridge
, Douglas Walton
Douglas Walton
John Ford

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Overview

Maxwell Anderson's blank-verse play Mary of Scotland was adapted for the screen by Dudley Nichols and directed with a surprising paucity of verve by John Ford. Katharine Hepburn, in one of the "icy" roles that would later earn her the onus of "box office poison", stars as Mary Stuart, who serves as the Queen of Scotland until she is jealously put out of the way by her British cousin, Queen Elizabeth I (Florence Eldredge). Sold out by the Scots nobles, Mary is sentenced to the chopping block for treason. Elizabeth is willing to pardon Mary if only the latter will renounce all claims to the British throne, but Mary refuses, marching to her death with head held high (the Mary/Elizabeth confrontation scene was purely the product of Maxwell Anderson's imagination; in real life, the two women never met). RKO contractee Ginger Rogers dearly coveted the role of Queen Elizabeth, but the studio refused to allow her to play so secondary a role. To prove to the RKO executives that she would be ideal for the part, Ginger secretly arranged for a screen test, in which she was convincingly made up as Elizabeth (even to the point of cutting her hair into a high-foreheaded widow's peak). Contemporary reports indicate that Ginger's audition was brilliant; still, RKO would not consider casting her in the part, so the role of Elizabeth went to Florence Eldridge, the wife of Fredric March, who was cast in Mary of Scotland as Mary's fearless protector the Earl of Bothwell. On the whole, Mary of Scotland is a snoozefest, save for the scenes featuring Douglas Walton as Mary's cowardly husband Darnley.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/04/2019
UPC: 0883929689637
Original Release: 1936
Rating: NR
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 2:03:00
Sales rank: 47,550

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Katharine Hepburn Mary Stuart
Fredric March Earl of Bothwell
Florence Eldridge Elizabeth Tudor
Douglas Walton Darnley
John Carradine David Rizzio
Robert Barrat Lord Morton,Morton
Gavin Muir Earl of Leicester
Ian Keith James Stuart Moray
Moroni Olsen John Knox
William Stack Lord Ruthven
Ralph Forbes Lord Randolph
Alan Mowbray Lord Throckmorton
Frieda Inescort Mary Beaton
Donald Crisp Huntley
David Torrence Lindsay
Molly Lamont Mary Livingston
Anita Colby Mary Fleming
Jean Fenwick Mary Seton
Lionel Pape Burghley
Alec Craig Donal
Mary Gordon Nurse
Monte Blue Messenger
Leonard Mudie Maitland
Brandon Hurst Arian
Wilfred Lucas Lexington
D'Arcy Corrigan Kirkcaldy
Frank Baker Douglas
Cyril McLaglen Faudoncide
Lionel Belmore English Fisherman
Doris Lloyd Fisherman's Wife
Bobby Watson His Son
Robert Warwick Sir Francis Knollys
Ivan Simpson Judge
Murray Kinnell Judge
Lawrence Grant Judge
Nigel de Brulier Judge
Barlowe Borland Judge
Walter Byron Sir Francis Walsingham
Wyndham Standing Sergeant-at-Arms
Earle Foxe Earl of Kent,Earl of Kent
Paul McAllister Du Croche
Gaston Glass Chatelard
Neil Fitzgerald Nobleman
Jean Kirchner Prince Jame,Prince Jame
Robert E. Homans Jailer
Nathaniel Shilkret Composer
Max Steiner Composer

Technical Credits
John Ford Director
Dudley Nichols Screenwriter
Pandro S. Berman Producer
Vernon L. Walker Special Effects,Special Effects
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