Morning Glory (1933) - Lowell Sherman 

My ears are bleeding again. Katherine Hepburn's voice I've become accustomed to, Mary Duncan on the other hand makes me want to pull a Van Gogh on my ears. Jesus every word and delivery she has makes me search for a razor blade or at least the mute button. The film's premise is so simple and weak that without some extra flair it is bound to fail, and fail it does. Hepburn might be radiant, but she evolved into quite possibly the best cinematic actress we've ever seen. So this early performance is stage bound, and showy, in the bad sense of the term. I'm not entirely fond of Hepburn's earliest pictures, and felt she came into her element in comedy. Here her character is almost too naive to really win you over, you can't help wanting to slap some sense into her. Compared to the two actresses she was nominated against, I wouldn't say that the Academy voters made a grave error, but that doesn't justify the award. This was one of the best years for actresses, particularly in the types of roles they were able to play, whereas Hepburn's role is far too safe and sterile.

*Morning Glory won best actress (Hepburn).