IN THE ARTS FOR 50 |
This 1938 movie stars Katharine Hepburn as the completely dotty heiress and Cary Grant as an overly stuffy, self-important paleontologist, however the film engages in a humorous battle of the sexes in which the traditional male-female roles are reversed. Hepburn's character is the aggressor, and her relentless pursuit of Grant engages him in a series of comic misadventures which become increasingly foolish as the movie progresses. Grant's character, who by nature is docile, submissive and dutiful, has his dignity stripped away layer by layer in the course of Hepburn's bizarre schemes.