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A Woman Rebels (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
88 min + 25 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1936 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Mark Sandrich

Written By:
Netta Syrett
Anthony Veiller

Actors:
Katharine Hepburn ..... Pamela 'Pam' Thistlewaite
Herbert Marshall ..... Thomas Lane
Elizabeth Allan ..... Flora Anne Thistlewaite
Donald Crisp ..... Judge Byron Thistlewaite
Doris Dudley ..... Young Flora 'Floss'
David Manners ..... Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
Lucile Watson ..... Betty Bumble
Van Heflin ..... Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne

Synopsis:

Based on a novel by Netta Syrett, A Woman Rebels is the story of Pamela Thistlewaite (Katharine Hepburn), whose mission in life is to defy the restrictive and often hypocritical conventions of Victorian England. Refusing to conform to the status quo, Pamela lives alone, reads, and says whatever she wishes, and even -- horrors! -- takes a job. Her romantic dalliance with young Gerald (Van Heflin, in his film debut) results in an illegitimate daughter (Doris Dudley), whom Pamela raises as her niece until she decides it's high time to tell the truth in all matters. Faithful suitor Thomas Lane (Herbert Marshall) offers to make an 'honest woman' of her, but Pamela refuses until she can stand on her own two feet financially. Fiercely independent to the last, she becomes the crusading editor of a pioneering pro-feminist magazine and an early champion of Women's Suffrage. It was hoped by RKO Radio that The Woman Rebels would restore the popularity of Katharine Hepburn, which thanks to a series of expensive failures had been flagging for the past two years. Though the film turned out to be a box-office loser (it posted a $220,000 deficit), in retrospect it can be regarded as an artistic triumph -- and a remarkably timely one at that.

The story revolves around Pamela, as a woman in late-1800's England who has no intention of marriage and wishes to be her own person. After a great deal of difficulty in finding a job, she finally lands a position at a 'woman's' magazine, which covered topics such as sewing and cooking. After the editor takes sick, she moves the magazine into discussing issues of gender equality, child labor, medical care, and finding a job. She then finds herself as the unexpected leader of a movement. After an unexpected event, she is also faced with raising a child without a father, which people at that time thought was scandalous.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 13 May, 2008.

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