Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!
Acting
Hepburn's Linda—vulnerable, volcanic, utterly unique.
Direction
Cukor balances social satire with genuine romantic ache.
Writing
Donald Ogden Stewart's dialogue snaps like a breaking champagne cork.
Director
George Cukor
Katharine Hepburn
Linda Seton
Cary Grant
Johnny Case
Doris Nolan
Julia Seton
Lew Ayres
Ned Seton
Edward Everett Horton
Nick Potter
Henry Kolker
Edward Seton
Binnie Barnes
Laura Cram
Jean Dixon
Susan Potter
Henry Daniell
Seton Cram
Beatrice Blinn
Maid (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mitchell Harris
Jennings (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Hepburn and Grant's second of four films together; their chemistry was so crackling that Cukor reportedly had to remind them other actors existed on set.
Released in 1938, the film's radical suggestion—that happiness beats wealth—landed differently during the Depression, when audiences both craved and resented the Seton lifestyle.
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