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Title: A WHIMSICAL CURIO.
Review: This curiously little-know Hepburn film is a fine, respectable version of the play by Sir James M. Barrie. In 184O, in the village of Thrums, Scotland - whose main industry is weaving - the local villagers anticipate the arrival of their new minister, Gavin Dishart (Joan Beal) with great enthusiasm. Soon after his arrival in Thrums, the little minister meets Babbie (Hepburn). Her proper name is Barbara: she is actually the well-educated fiancee of Lord Milford Rintoul, but she makes Dishart believe she is indeed a brazen, bewitched gypsy.....Contrary to what a previous reviewer noted, Hepburn was a full 26 years old when this was filmed - NOT a teen-ager! Barrie's original novel dates from 1891. Maude Adams played Babbie on the stage with great success. Margaret Sullavan badly wanted to play Hepburn's coveted role of Babbie. The film was not a financial success for RKO: it lost $1O,OOO at the box office.
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