Spitfire (1934 film)

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Spitfire
movie poster
Directed by	John Cromwell
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Written by	Lula Vollmer (play and screenplay) Jane Murfin (screenplay)
Starring	Katharine Hepburn Robert Young Ralph Bellamy
Release date(s)	30 March 1934
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Spitfire is a 1934 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.^[1]^[2]

1 Plot summary
2 Cast
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Two engineers building a dam in the mountains, John Stafford (Robert Young) and George Fleetwood (Ralph Bellamy), are attracted to local hillbilly "spitfire" Trigger Hicks (Katharine Hepburn).

[edit] 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

[edit] Notes

^ Variety film review; March 13, 1934, page 16.
^ Harrison's Reports film review; March 10, 1934, page 39.

[edit] External links

v t e Films directed by John Cromwell

1920s	Close Harmony (1929) The Dance of Life (1929)

1930s	Street of Chance (1930) Tom Sawyer (1930) Double Harness (1933) Ann Vickers (1933) Spitfire (1934) This Man Is Mine (1934) Of Human Bondage (1934) I Dream Too Much (1935) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) Banjo on My Knee (1936) The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Algiers (1938) Made for Each Other (1939) In Name Only (1939)

1940s	Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) So Ends Our Night (1941) Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) Since You Went Away (1944) The Enchanted Cottage (1945) Anna and the King of Siam (1946) Dead Reckoning (1947) Night Song (1947)

1950s	Caged (1950) The Racket (1951) The Goddess (1958)

Katharine Hepburn

Filmography

1930s	A Bill of Divorcement (1932) Christopher Strong (1933) Morning Glory (1933) Little Women (1933) Spitfire (1934) The Little Minister (1934) Break of Hearts (1935) Alice Adams (1935) Sylvia Scarlett (1935) Mary of Scotland (1936) A Woman Rebels (1936) Quality Street (1937) Stage Door (1937) Bringing Up Baby (1938) Holiday (1938)

1940s	The Philadelphia Story (1940) Woman of the Year (1942) Keeper of the Flame (1942) Stage Door Canteen (1943) Dragon Seed (1944) Without Love (1945) Undercurrent (1946) The Sea of Grass (1947) Song of Love (1947) State of the Union (1948) Adam's Rib (1949)

1950s	The African Queen (1951) Pat and Mike (1952) Summertime (1955) The Rainmaker (1956) The Iron Petticoat (1956) Desk Set (1957) Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

1960s	Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) The Lion in Winter (1968) The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)

1970s	The Trojan Women (1971) A Delicate Balance (1973) The Glass Menagerie (1973) Love Among the Ruins (1975) Rooster Cogburn (1975) Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978) The Corn Is Green (1979)

1980s	On Golden Pond (1981) Grace Quigley (1985) Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986) Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988)

1990s	The Man Upstairs (1992) This Can't Be Love (1994) Love Affair (1994) One Christmas (1994)

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