KATHARINE HEPBURN | SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935) Photo – 3

Katharine Hepburn. Sylvia Scarlett. Photo. Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures, 1935. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Full RKO Radio Pictures information on bottom front margin. Minor scratches, repaired tear on white right-side margin, overall about fine.

Katharine Hepburn‘s gender bending performance and the sexual politics of the story line were far ahead of their time and spelled disaster for RKO in 1935; the film was a huge flop. Today it’s appreciated precisely for what it was not when first released.

Photo coded SS-78, P857-79.