Category: Quality Street

‘Quality Street’ From 1937: Femininity in the Regency Era

Commentary The Regency Era of England was named thus because it was when the future King George IV ruled as Prince Regent of the United Kingdom while his father, King George III, suffered declining sanity. Although this period only officially lasted from 1811 to 1820, the Regency Era is often categorized as the longer period…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Quality Street’

1937 | Not Rated | 1h 23m | Comedy, Drama, Romance Valentine Brown (Franchot Tone, L) and Phoebe Throssel (Katharine Hepburn), in “Quality Street.” (RKO Radio Pictures) After recently reviewing the great Katharine Hepburn in “Holiday” (1938), I was looking forward to seeing another movie starring her. “Quality Street,” produced a year earlier in 1937,…