[Note: Hepburn""s suggested itle for the play wasThe Answer to This Malden""s Prayer.]After several commercial failures and labeled "box office poison" in 1938 byPhotoplay Magazine, Hepburn struck out on her own by bringing the property to MGM after buying he film rights to the play.Alice overhears the invitation, and comments that she is planning a party for George hat same evening - the date of his birthday.In close-up, she looked down at her hands - and saw developing blisters.The contrast (of gender identification) with nearby Cora was unmistakable.The unsympathetic, manly rancher""s wife, wearing a butcher""s apron, couldn""t be bothered as she was slicing open and gutting the innards of a dead steer hanging in the living room from the ceiling.Plot SynopsisEarly Evening - Day OneThe film, covering a period of approximately 36 hours (with two long nocturnal sequences), opens with changing views of night-time Manhattan""s streets and skyscrapers under the credits.