Spitfire (1934 film)

1934 film by John Cromwell
  • Katharine Hepburn
  • Robert Young
  • Ralph Bellamy
  • Martha Sleeper
CinematographyEdward CronjagerEdited byWilliam MorganMusic byBernhard Kaun
Release date
  • March 30, 1934 (1934-03-30)
Running time
87 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$223,000[1]Box office$604,000[1]

Spitfire is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film based on the play Trigger by Lula Vollmer. It was directed by John Cromwell and starred Katharine Hepburn, Robert Young and Ralph Bellamy.[2][3]

Plot

Two engineers building a dam in the mountains, John Stafford and George Fleetwood, are attracted to local hillbilly "spitfire" Trigger Hicks who is the local faith healer. Things come to a head when the locals think that she is a witch.

Cast

  • Katharine Hepburn as Trigger Hicks
  • Robert Young as John Stafford
  • Ralph Bellamy as George Fleetwood
  • Martha Sleeper as Eleanor Stafford
  • Louis Mason as Bill Grayson
  • Sara Haden (as Sarah Haden) as Etta Dawson
  • Virginia Howell as Granny Raines
  • Sidney Toler as Jim Sawyer
  • Will Geer (as High Ghere) as West Fry
  • John Beck as Jake Hawkins
  • Therese Wittler as Mrs. Jim Sawyer

Reception

The film was popular and (after cinema circuits deducted their exhibition percentage of box office ticket sales) made a profit of $113,000.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994, p. 56
  2. ^ Variety film review; March 13, 1934, page 16.
  3. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; March 10, 1934, page 39.

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Films directed by John Cromwell
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  • The Dance of Life (1929)
  • The Mighty (1929)
  • Street of Chance (1930)
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  • Scandal Sheet (1931)
  • Unfaithful (1931)
  • The Vice Squad (1931)
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  • The World and the Flesh (1932)
  • Hell's Highway (1932)
  • Sweepings (1933)
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  • Double Harness (1933)
  • Ann Vickers (1933)
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  • This Man Is Mine (1934)
  • Of Human Bondage (1934)
  • The Fountain (1934)
  • Village Tale (1935)
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  • I Dream Too Much (1935)
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
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  • The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
  • Algiers (1938)
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  • In Name Only (1939)
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  • Victory (1940)
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  • Night Song (1948)
  • Caged (1950)
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  • The Racket (1951)
  • The Goddess (1958)
  • The Scavengers (1959)
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Plays and screenplays
  • Smilin' Through (1919)
  • Way Back Home (1931)
  • What Price Hollywood? (1932)
  • Our Betters (1933)
  • The Little Minister (1934)
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  • Roberta (1935)
  • Alice Adams (1935)
  • The Women (1939)
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