Mary of Scotland

Mary of Scotland is a 1936 RKO film starring Katharine Hepburn as the 16th century ruler, Mary I of Scotland. Directed by John Ford, it is an adaptation of the 1933 play by Maxwell Anderson by Dudley Nichols.

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1936 - RKO - Katharine Hepburn - 16th century - Mary I of Scotland - John Ford - 1933 - Maxwell Anderson - Dudley Nichols

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The film does not keep close to the historical truth, portraying Mary as something of a wronged martyr and her husband, James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell (played by Fredric March), as a romantic hero (the character is always called "Bothwell" in the film because the real figure was an ancestor of Hepburn and the studio was worried about appearances).

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James Hepburn - Fredric March

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Also appearing in the film were Florence Eldridge as Queen Elizabeth Tudor, John Carradine, Frieda Inescort and Donald Crisp.

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Florence Eldridge - John Carradine - Frieda Inescort - Donald Crisp

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