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In 1561, Mary Stuart, the young widow of Francis II of France, sets sail for her native Scotland to re-establish herself as monarch. In spite of attempts by her politically insecure cousin, Queen Elizabeth of England, to prevent her from reaching Scotland, Mary lands safely with her Italian secretary, David Rizzio, and rides to Holyrood Palace ...
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.
- John Ford, Leslie Goodwins
- 4 min
The dramatic story relates how Mary, by assuming her throne as Queen of Scotland, strikes terror into the heart of Queen Elizabeth I (played in the film by Florence Eldridge, March's wife). After languishing in jail for 18 years at Elizabeth's command, Mary is offered a pardon if she will sign away her throne.
- John Ford, Edward Donohue, Les Goodwins
- Katharine Hepburn
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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 of an executioner’s blade. Men flatter her, then betray her. Her people embrace her, then vilify her.
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Katharine Hepburn, in one of the icy roles that would later earn her the onus of box office poison, stars as Mary Stuart, who serves as the Queen of Scotland until she is jealously put out of the way by her British cousin, Queen Elizabeth I (Florence Eldredge).