In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.

Katharine Hepburn
as Phoebe Throssel

Franchot Tone
as Dr. Valentine Brown

Eric Blore
as Recruiting Sergeant

Fay Bainter
as Susan Throssel

Cora Witherspoon
as Patty

Estelle Winwood
as Mary Willoughby

Joan Fontaine
as Charlotte Parratt

William Bakewell
as Lieutenant Spicer

Bonita Granville
as Isabella

Sherwood Bailey
as William Smith
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In a London street full of curtain-twitchers, the chatter is rife when someone buys a cake! Who might be coming to luncheon? Well, quickly we discover that “Dr. Brown” (Franchot Tone) is coming to visit “Phoebe” (Katharine Hepburn). What he delivers, though, isn’t quite what she expects and off to t...