Spitfire (1934 film)
1934 film by John Cromwell
- Katharine Hepburn
- Robert Young
- Ralph Bellamy
- Martha Sleeper
Release date
- March 30, 1934 (1934-03-30)
Running time
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
- ^ a b c Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994, p. 56
- ^ Variety film review; March 13, 1934, page 16.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; March 10, 1934, page 39.
External links
- Spitfire at IMDb
- Spitfire at the TCM Movie Database
- Spitfire at AllMovie
- Spitfire at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Films directed by John Cromwell
- Close Harmony (1929)
- The Dance of Life (1929)
- The Mighty (1929)
- Street of Chance (1930)
- The Texan (1930)
- For the Defense (1930)
- Tom Sawyer (1930)
- Scandal Sheet (1931)
- Unfaithful (1931)
- The Vice Squad (1931)
- Rich Man's Folly (1931)
- The World and the Flesh (1932)
- Hell's Highway (1932)
- Sweepings (1933)
- The Silver Cord (1933)
- Double Harness (1933)
- Ann Vickers (1933)
- Spitfire (1934)
- This Man Is Mine (1934)
- Of Human Bondage (1934)
- The Fountain (1934)
- Village Tale (1935)
- Jalna (1935)
- I Dream Too Much (1935)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
- To Mary – with Love (1936)
- Banjo on My Knee (1936)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
- Algiers (1938)
- Made for Each Other (1939)
- In Name Only (1939)
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
- Victory (1940)
- So Ends Our Night (1941)
- Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
- Since You Went Away (1944)
- The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
- Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945)
- Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
- Dead Reckoning (1947)
- Night Song (1948)
- Caged (1950)
- The Company She Keeps (1951)
- The Racket (1951)
- The Goddess (1958)
- The Scavengers (1959)
- A Matter of Morals (1961)
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