The Little Minister (1934) on Netflix
Approved19341h 50mDramaRomance
In 1840s Scotland, the Reverend Gavin Dishart takes his first parish in Thrums, where the gypsy girl Babbie unsettles his proper ways and the villagers' quarrel with Lord Rintoul sharpens.
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Plot summary
Gavin Dishart is young and short, and the Scottish village of Thrums, where he takes up his first parish in the 1840s, calls him The Little Minister. Among his congregation is Babbie, a gypsy girl who moves through the village at will and works against Lord Rintoul, the nobleman set on keeping the villagers under his control as their labor dispute with him sharpens. Babbie carries a secret about Rintoul's part in the dispute. The conservative Gavin is at first appalled by her bold manners, then comes to value her. Their attachment sets the village talking and puts his ministry in danger.
Cast
- Billy Watsonas Micah
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Little Minister (1934)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Katharine Hepburn initially rejected the role of Babbie, the gypsy-disguised noblewoman. She reconsidered, against the advice of her agent Leland Hayward, when Margaret Sullavan was offered the part.
- Much of the film's $650,000 budget, then considered a high amount, went on exterior shooting in California's Sherwood Forest and Laurel Canyon and on an elaborate village set built on RKO's Forty Acres back lot. The set was later reused in other films, including Laurel and Hardy's Bonnie Scotland.
- The film was popular, but its enormous cost left a small loss of $9,000 and helped give Katharine Hepburn a reputation as "box-office poison."
