When this movie (SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935) came out critics mentioned her androgynous good looks: "The dynamic Miss Hepburn is the handsomest boy of the season" (New York Harold Tribune) "SYLVIA SCARELTT reveals the interesting fact that Katharine Hepburn is better looking as a boy than as a woman" (Time) "It is a tour de force made possible by her physical resemblance to the adolescent male" (New York Post). To read my full analysis of this film, please visit http://thegreatkh.blogspot.com/2012/06/queer-film-blogathon-2012-sylvia.html Thanks for posting this striking pic!
When this movie (SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935) came out critics mentioned her androgynous good looks:
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"SYLVIA SCARELTT reveals the interesting fact that Katharine Hepburn is better looking as a boy than as a woman" (Time)
"It is a tour de force made possible by her physical resemblance to the adolescent male" (New York Post).
To read my full analysis of this film, please visit http://thegreatkh.blogspot.com/2012/06/queer-film-blogathon-2012-sylvia.html
Thanks for posting this striking pic!