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The Little Minister is a 1934 American historical drama film starring Katharine Hepburn and directed by Richard Wallace. The screenplay by Jane Murfin, Sarah Y. Mason, and Victor Heerman is based on the 1891 novel and subsequent 1897 play of the same title by J.M. Barrie.
The Little Minister, popular sentimental novel by J.M. Barrie, published in 1891 and dramatized in 1897. The Little Minister is set in Thrums, a Scottish weaving village based on Barrie’s birthplace, and concerns Gavin Dishart, a young impoverished minister with his first congregation.
- James Matthew Barrie
- 1891
In rural 1840s Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new "little minister" of Thrums' Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror Babbie draws him into her escape from the soldiers after she incites a Luddite riot.
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- Drama, Romance
- Richard Wallace
- 1934-12-28
The Little Minister is set in Thrums, a Scottish weaving village based on Barrie’s birthplace, and concerns Gavin Dishart, a young impoverished minister with his first congregation. The weavers he serves soon riot in protest against reductions in their wages and harsh working conditions.
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The Little Minister. by. J. M. Barrie. Set in a small Scottish weaving town in the 19th century, this novel tells the story of Gavin Dishart, a young and idealistic minister, who becomes embroiled in a tumultuous relationship with Babbie, a mysterious and spirited gypsy girl.
Katharine Hepburn scored her second flop in a row with The Little Minister (1934), a drama about a Scottish noblewoman who masquerades as a gypsy and steals the heart of the new minister in the village.
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