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Free Bird: ‘Christopher Strong’ (1933)

September 5, 2019 By retromoviebuff 4 Comments

The curiously-titled Christopher Strong is really all about Lady Cynthia Darrington, an aviator and aristocrat with a hankering for danger, a cavalier disregard for convention and quirky fashion sense. Katharine Hepburn plays Cynthia. Of course I had to see it. The film opens in London at a scavenger hunt for the well-heeled. Female contestants are […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Billie Burke, Classic Hollywood, Colin Clive, Dorothy Arzner, Drama, Katharine Hepburn, Pre-Code Hollywood, Romance

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