The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords..
If you are looking for a historically accurate documentary, go watch Nanook of the North instead. But if you want to see Katharine Hepburn wearing collars so big they look like satellite dishes, Mary of Scotland is absolutely worth your afternoon. 🏰 People who love old-school studio melodrama with lots of fog and sha...
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"If you are looking for a historically accurate documentary, go watch Nanook of the North instead. But if you want to see Katharine Hepburn wearing collars so big they look like satellite dishes, Mary of Scotland is absolutely worth your afternoon. 🏰 People who love old-school studio melodrama with lots of fog and shadows will eat this up. Anyone who gets annoyed by Americans pretending to be Scottish with zero effort will probably turn it off in ten minutes. John Ford directed this, which fee..."
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