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Spitfire (1934 film)

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Spitfire
movie poster
Directed byJohn Cromwell
Screenplay byLula Vollmer
Jane Murfin
Based onTrigger
1927 play
by Lula Vollmer
Produced byPandro S. Berman
Starring
CinematographyEdward Cronjager
Edited byWilliam Morgan
Music byBernhard Kaun
Release date
  • March 30, 1934 (1934-03-30)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$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

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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