--- title: 'Mary of Scotland (1936)' type: 'film' director: 'John Ford' released: '1936-01-01' runtime_minutes: 123 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mary-of-scotland-1936' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027948/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Mary of Scotland (1936) 1936 · 123 min · Drama, History · United States ## Synopsis Mary of Scotland is a 1936 American historical drama film starring Katharine Hepburn as 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. The screenplay was written by Dudley Nichols. Ginger Rogers wanted to play this role and made a screen test, but RKO rejected her request to be cast in the part feeling that the role was not suitable to her image. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford) - **Screenplay:** [Dudley Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-nichols) - **Original Music Composer:** [Nathaniel Shilkret](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathaniel-shilkret) - **Producer:** [Pandro S. Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/pandro-s-berman) - **Director of Photography:** [Joseph H. August](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-h-august) ## Cast - [Moroni Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/moroni-olsen) as John Knox - [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon) as Nurse - [Hallam Cooley](https://cinepixo.com/people/hallam-cooley) - [Lionel Pape](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-pape) as William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley - [Ralph Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-forbes) as Randolph - [Lawrence Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-grant) as a Judge - [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd) as Fisherman's Wife - [Anita Colby](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-colby) as Mary Fleming - [David Torrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-torrence) as Lindsay - [Alec Craig](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-craig) as Donal - [Ivan Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-simpson) as a Judge - [Ian Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-keith) as James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray - [William Stack](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-stack) as Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven - [Brandon Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-hurst) as Airan - [Molly Lamont](https://cinepixo.com/people/molly-lamont) as Mary Livingston ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mary-of-scotland-1936 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2154202); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.