{"id":25936,"date":"2012-05-18T12:03:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T19:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25936"},"modified":"2021-12-20T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T01:53:07","slug":"quality-street-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25936","title":{"rendered":"Quality Street (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Women have a flag to fly as well as men, Mr. Brown.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Poster-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Poster.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn early-1800s England, a young woman (Katharine Hepburn) living with her unmarried sister (Fay Bainter) falls in love with a man (Franchot Tone) who she believes will ask her to marry him, but who instead becomes a soldier. Upon his return ten years later, Tone is disappointed to find that Phoebe (Hepburn) has become an aging spinster, but quickly becomes enamored with her in a different form, as she pretends to be her much younger and more vibrant niece, Livvy.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fay Bainter Films<\/li>\n<li>Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>Franchot Tone Films<\/li>\n<li>George Stevens Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Katharine Hepburn Films<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Spinsters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nGeorge Stevens directed this adaptation of J.M. Barrie&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quality_Street_%28play%29\">farcical historical play<\/a>, about a young spinster who takes revenge on her would-be suitor by magically turning herself into a young vixen he can&#8217;t resist, intending to break his heart just as he broke hers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Romance3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Romance3-1024x749.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Romance3-1024x749.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Romance3-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Romance3-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Romance3-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Romance3-369x270.png 369w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Romance3.png 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the film&#8217;s very premise is absolutely ripe for disbelief, given that it&#8217;s predicated entirely on the notion that a shift from tightly-bound headcap and serious expression to springy curls and gay demeanor is enough to fool a man into believing he&#8217;s seeing an entirely different woman. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Spinster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Spinster-1024x747.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Spinster-1024x747.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Spinster-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Spinster-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Spinster-768x560.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Spinster-370x270.png 370w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Spinster.png 1398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet Stevens has fun milking this scenario for all its worth, particularly through the incorporation of a Greek chorus of meddling old biddies (ring-led by wide-eyed Estelle Winwood), whose sole aim in life appears to be to get to the root of Livvy&#8217;s identity. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Biddies.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Biddies-1024x754.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"471\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Biddies-1024x754.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Biddies-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Biddies-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Biddies-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Biddies-367x270.png 367w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Biddies.png 1401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Set roughly during the same era as Jane Austen&#8217;s novels, <em>Quality Street<\/em> evokes a similar social milieu of (non-working class) women whose only options in life are to marry or become spinsters; indeed, there&#8217;s an undercurrent of quiet desperation to the entire affair. Yet the mistaken identity plot keeps it lighthearted throughout, and it will certainly be of interest to Hepburn fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Watch for Joan Fontaine in an early, uncredited role. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katharine Hepburn as Phoebe\/Livvy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Hepburn-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Hepburn-1-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Hepburn-1-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Hepburn-1-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Hepburn-1-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Hepburn-1-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Hepburn-1-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Hepburn-1.png 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fay Bainter as Susan<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Bainter-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Bainter-1-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Bainter-1-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Bainter-1-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Bainter-1-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Bainter-1-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Bainter-1-368x270.png 368w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Quality-Street-Bainter-1.png 1393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029454\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/3167\/quality-street#articles-reviews?articleId=107423\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Women have a flag to fly as well as men, Mr. Brown.&#8221; Synopsis: In early-1800s England, a young woman (Katharine Hepburn) living with her unmarried sister (Fay Bainter) falls in love with a man (Franchot Tone) who she believes will ask her to marry him, but who instead becomes a soldier. Upon his return ten years later, Tone is disappointed to find that Phoebe (Hepburn) has become an aging spinster, but quickly becomes enamored with her in a different form,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25936\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25936"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78871,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25936\/revisions\/78871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}