Mary of Scotland is a 1936 American historical drama film starring Katharine Hepburn as the 16th-century ruler Mary, Queen of Scots. [3] [4] Directed by John Ford, it is an adaptation of the 1933 Maxwell Anderson play, with Fredric March reprising the role of Bothwell, which he also performed on stage during the run of play. [5]

Mary of Scotland: Directed by John Ford, Leslie Goodwins. With Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton. The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

Queen Mary of Scotland (Katharine Hepburn) rejects the accusations of John Knox (Moroni Olsen) and the demands of the Earl of Moray (Ian Keith) in director John Ford's Mary of Scotland, 1936. Film Details

Fictionalized account of Mary, Queen of Scots from her return to Scotland in 1561 to her execution in 1587. Her return is not welcomed by all of the Scottish Lords, and many are suspicious of her Catholic religion and her private secretary, Rizzio. She does get support from some quarters, including Lord Bothwell with whom she falls in love.

Mary of Scotland is a 1936 American historical drama film starring Katharine Hepburn as the 16th-century ruler Mary, Queen of Scots. Directed by John Ford, it is an adaptation of the 1933 Maxwell Anderson play, with Fredric March reprising the role of Bothwell, which he also performed on stage during the run of play.

Lovely Mary Stuart – queen of Scotland and France, but only sometime ruler of her own heart – careens through a tumultuous life doomed to end with the flash

With her Scottish ancestry and coloring, Katharine Hepburn was appropriate for the first talking Mary of Scotland in John Ford’s exquisite 1936 version. In it, the recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne, but is opposed by …

Mary of Scotland is a film directed by John Ford with Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton .... Year: 1936. Original title: Mary of Scotland. Synopsis: Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to rule as queen, to the chagrin of Elizabeth I of England who finds her a dangerous rival.