After appearing in Alice Adams, Katharine Hepburn skips to her second alliteratively titled movie of 1935 unconvincingly disguised for much of the time as a young boy ("I know what it is that gives me a queer feeling when I look at you!" declares a straight-faced love interest Brian Aherne). Cary Grant is also on hand, playing against type as a dodgy Cockney geezer who at least only starts getting feelings for Hepburn once she dons a dress. It's an uneasy mix of comedy and drama that seems to lose focus once Hepburn comes clean about her gender.
Review of Sylvia Scarlett
