
The Family Stone(2005)
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.


“You will thrill to every unforgettable moment of this different, charming love story of a woman who almost waited too long... before she dared admit that she was a woman!”
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.

Katharine Hepburn
Sylvia Scarlett

Cary Grant
Jimmy Monkley

Brian Aherne
Michael Fane

Edmund Gwenn
Henry Scarlett

Natalie Paley
Lily

Dennie Moore
Maudie Tilt
Lennox Pawle
Drunk
Harrold Cheevers
Bobby
Lionel Pape
Sergeant Major

Robert Adair
Turnkey
Sylvia Scarlett is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1935 exploring themes of family relationships, scam, disguise, confidence game, woman dressed as man. Directed by George Cukor, it stars Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Brian Aherne. When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.
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