Il diavolo è femmina (1935)
Da un romanzo di Compton Mackenzie: dopo la morte della madre, Sylvia Scarlett fugge, travestita da ragazzo, dalla Francia in Inghilterra, col padre, un imbroglione ricercato dalla polizia. Si aggregano a uno scalcinato Carro di Tespi e, con un intraprendente giovanotto, commettono varie truffe ai danni dei gonzi. Fiasco al botteghino e poco apprezzata dalla critica del suo tempo, è una commedia insolita, pungente e fantasiosa imperniata sul gioco, la finzione, il travestimento, ricca di malizie e volute ambiguità tanto che fu boicottata dalla Legion of Decency, interpretata benissimo da una squadretta di attori tra cui spicca la Hepburn, magnifica.
Direttore:
George Cukor
Scrittori:
John Collier, Mortimer Offner, Gladys Unger.
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Katharine Hepburn as Sylvia Scarlett |
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Cary Grant as Jimmy Monkley |
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Brian Aherne as Michael Fane |
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Edmund Gwenn as Henry Scarlett |
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Natalie Paley as Lily |
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Dennie Moore as Maudie Tilt |
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Lennox Pawle as Drunk |
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Harrold Cheevers as Bobby |
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Lionel Pape as Sergeant Major |
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Robert Adair as Turnkey |
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Peter Hobbes as Steward |
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Leonard Mudie as Steward |
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Jacques Vanaire as Steward |
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Frank Moran as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Writing | John Collier | Screenplay |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Novel |
| Writing | Mortimer Offner | Screenplay |
| Directing | George Cukor | Director |
| Writing | Gladys Unger | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernard Newman | Costume Design |
| Sound | Roy Webb | Music Director |
| Art | Sturges Carne | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Philip Faulkner Jr. | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Muriel King | Costume Design |
| Sound | George D. Ellis | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Camera | Joseph H. August | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Kenneth Holmes | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Jane Loring | Editor |
| Production | Pandro S. Berman | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | W. Argyle Nelson | Assistant Director |
| Sound | George D. Ellis | Sound |
| Camera | Ernest Bachrach | Still Photographer |
