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Christopher Strong

Play trailer Poster for Christopher Strong 1933,  1h 17m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 83% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 40% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 40% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Female aviator Lady Cynthia Darrington (Katharine Hepburn) and Parliament member Sir Christopher Strong (Colin Clive) meet at a party, where the free spirit and the married politician are instantly attracted. Christopher's wife, Lady Elaine (Billie Burke), invites Cynthia to stay at the Strongs' summer house, where she grows even closer to him. Mindful of the damage an affair would do to Christopher's career and family, the couple parts, but they soon realize they can't live without each other.

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THR Staff The Hollywood Reporter Mar 19, 2018
Katharine Hepburn, so far as this reviewer's opinion runs, is the next big star of pictures. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nov 12, 2023
3/4
Although both the film and Gilbert Frankau’s source novel are named after the male character, director Dorothy Arzner, star Katharine Hepburn, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Zoe Akins make it clear that Cynthia Darrington is the central character. Go to Full Review
Eduardo Guaitsel Cine-Mundial Jan 13, 2021
Katherine Hepburn's fine talent and extreme thinness - who they put in some quirky outfits to look like Greta Garbo - in an plot with a lot of talking. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Pare Lorentz Vanity Fair Jun 14, 2019
Neither producer, director, nor audience evidently ever once asked the question: what is the picture about? Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com May 12, 2007
B+
At the time, Arzner's film was not well-received, but later, feminists and other critics reexamined the incoherent saga in terms of gender roles and singled out Hepburn's turn (her first starring role) as an aviatrix and her penchant for bizarre outfits. Go to Full Review
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Nov 24, 2003
3/5
Good cast and from Hollywood's 'Golden Age,' but Arzner's typically flat direction grounds it. Go to Full Review
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Jan 27, 2019 The best romance movie ever made!
Han S Nov 23, 2012 Chrisopher Strong is a strange entry into the legendary Katharine Hepurn's filmography, but an an enjoyable film nonetheless. The plot involves an aviator (Katharine Hepburn) who falls in love with a British married man with political aspirations. It's a scandalous film for its time, but what makes it work are the performances. Even though this is one of the films that turned her into box office poison, I think it is a well-directed and compelling film featuring one of the greatest stars in the history of film. There may be some melodrama, but thanks to the performances, the film rises well above that label. It's an enjoyable, underrated film within Katharine Hepburn's veritable filmography. It's not her best performance, but it's still a great performance nonetheless. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Dorothy Arzner

Director

Katharine Hepburn

Lady Cynthia Darrington

Colin Clive

Sir Christopher Strong

Billie Burke

Lady Elaine Strong

Helen Chandler

Monica Strong

Ralph Forbes

Harry Rawlinson

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Synopsis Female aviator Lady Cynthia Darrington (Katharine Hepburn) and Parliament member Sir Christopher Strong (Colin Clive) meet at a party, where the free spirit and the married politician are instantly attracted. Christopher's wife, Lady Elaine (Billie Burke), invites Cynthia to stay at the Strongs' summer house, where she grows even closer to him. Mindful of the damage an affair would do to Christopher's career and family, the couple parts, but they soon realize they can't live without each other.
Director
Dorothy Arzner
Producer
David O. Selznick, Pandro S. Berman
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 20, 2009
Runtime
1h 17m
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