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The Little Minister is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard Wallace released in USA on 28 december 1934 with Katharine Hepburn

The Little Minister (1934)

The Little Minister
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Released in USA 28 december 1934
Length 1h50
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating61% 3.097413.097413.097413.097413.09741

The Little Minister is a 1934 American drama film starring Katharine Hepburn and directed by Richard Wallace. The screenplay by Jane Murfin, Sarah Y. Mason, and Victor Heerman is based on the 1891 novel and subsequent 1897 play of the same title by J. M. Barrie. The picture was the fifth feature film adaptation of the works, following four silent film versions. The original novel was the third of the three "Thrums" novels (a town based on his home of Kirriemuir), which first brought Barrie to fame.

Synopsis

Set in rural 1840s Scotland, the plot focuses on labor and class issues while telling the story of Gavin Dishart, a staid cleric newly assigned to Thrums' Auld Licht church, and Babbie, a member of the nobility who disguises herself as a gypsy girl in order to interact freely with the local villagers and protect them from her guardian, Lord Rintoul, who wants to keep them under his control. Initially the conservative Dishart is appalled by the feisty girl, but he soon comes to appreciate her inner goodness. Their romantic liaison scandalizes the townspeople, and the minister's position is jeopardized until Babbie's true identity is revealed.

Actors

Katharine Hepburn

(Barbara 'Babbie')John Beal

(Révérend Gavin Dishart)Alan Hale

(Rob Daw)Donald Crisp

(Docteur McQueen)Lumsden Hare

(Tammas Whammond)
And :
Andy Clyde
Beryl Mercer
Reginald Denny
Dorothy Stickney
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