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Christopher Strong is a american film of genre Drama directed by Dorothy Arzner released in USA on 31 march 1933 with Katharine Hepburn
Christopher Strong (1933)
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Add to a movie listChristopher Strong (aka The Great Desire and The White Moth) is a 1933 American Pre-Code film, produced by RKO and directed by Dorothy Arzner. The film starred Colin Clive and Katharine Hepburn (in her second screen role). The film is a tale of illicit love among the English aristocracy. The screenplay by Zoë Akins was adapted from the 1932 novel by Gilbert Frankau.
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During a scavenger hunt, Lady Cynthia Darrington (Katharine Hepburn) is paired with an unlikely match. Lady Cynthia, a strong-spirited aviator, is over the age of 21 but has never had a lover nor an affair because she is too devoted to her work. In the game, she falls in love, however, with Sir Christopher Strong (Colin Clive), a member of parliament. She has an affair with him after her prize-winning around-the world flight, much to the distress of his wife, Lady Elaine (Billie Burke) and their daughter, Monica (Helen Chandler).Actors
Katharine Hepburn
(Lady Cynthia Darrington)
Colin Clive
(Sir Christopher Strong)
Billie Burke
(Lady Elaine Strong)
Ralph Forbes
(Harry Rawlinson)
Helen Chandler
(Monica Strong)
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