Although at first glance Break of Hearts looks like Katharine Hepburn is doing another version of Eva Lovelace. Her Patricia Dane is a young struggling classical composer whose mentor is that old music master Jean Hersholt. Turns out Hersholt also mentored well know symphony conductor Franz Roberti played by Charles Boyer. When they meet he does his little bit to put them together.
Here the resemblance to Eva Lovelace ends. Picture young Eva in Morning Glory betrayed by those around her. Kate discovers Boyer is quite the womanizer so rather than let the grass grow under her feet, she responds to the attentions of violinist John Beal. Things get bitter and rather melodramatic as Boyer falls to pieces.
There was no conviction in this part for Hepburn in the way that Terry Randall from Stage Door or Eva Lovelace from Morning Glory were. Probably because unlike those two career minded women which Hepburn surely was in real life, here she admits she's got no talent and is willing to do a My Man number to get the drunken dissolute Boyer back on his feet.
Definitely not the Kate we all know.
Here the resemblance to Eva Lovelace ends. Picture young Eva in Morning Glory betrayed by those around her. Kate discovers Boyer is quite the womanizer so rather than let the grass grow under her feet, she responds to the attentions of violinist John Beal. Things get bitter and rather melodramatic as Boyer falls to pieces.
There was no conviction in this part for Hepburn in the way that Terry Randall from Stage Door or Eva Lovelace from Morning Glory were. Probably because unlike those two career minded women which Hepburn surely was in real life, here she admits she's got no talent and is willing to do a My Man number to get the drunken dissolute Boyer back on his feet.
Definitely not the Kate we all know.