A Woman Rebels
| A Woman Rebels | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Written by |
Ernest Vajda Anthony Veiller |
| Based on |
Portrait of a Rebel by Netta Syrett |
| Starring |
Katharine Hepburn Herbert Marshall |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
English Italian |
| Budget | $574,000[1] |
| Box office | $583,000[1] |
A Woman Rebels is a 1936 RKO film adapted from the novel Portrait of a Rebel by Netta Syrett and starring Katharine Hepburn as Pamela Thistlewaite, who rebels against the social mores of Victorian England. The film was directed by Mark Sandrich, was the film debut of Van Heflin, and the final film of David Manners.
Plot
Pamela defies her autocratic father (Donald Crisp), and has a baby out of wedlock with her lover, Gerald Waring (Van Heflin, in his screen debut). Pamela raises her illegitimate daughter as her niece after her pregnant sister (Elizabeth Allan) falls and dies over the death of her young husband and becomes a crusading journalist for women's rights. Eventually she agrees to marry diplomat Thomas Lane (Herbert Marshall) after being unfairly named as co-respondent in Waring's divorce. Hepburn's performance as the defiant young woman is considered the epitome of her feminist characterizations of the 1930s.
Cast
- Katharine Hepburn as Pamela Thistlewaite
- Herbert Marshall as Thomas Lane
- Elizabeth Allan as Flora Anne Thistlewaite
- Donald Crisp as Judge Byron Thistlewaite
- Doris Dudley as Young Flora
- David Manners as Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
- Lucile Watson as Betty Bumble
- Van Heflin as Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne
- Marilyn Knowlden as Flora Anne Thistlewaite (age 9)
Reception
With a box office loss estimated at a hefty $222,000 for RKO, this was Hepburn's third flop in a row which contributed to Hepburn's growing reputation as "box office poison".[1]
References
External links
- A Woman Rebels at the Internet Movie Database
- A Woman Rebels at the TCM Movie Database
- A Woman Rebels at AllMovie