Spring Tonic

Spring Tonic
Directed by	Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay by	H.W. Hanemann Patterson McNutt Howard Irving Young
Based on	The Man-Eating Tiger, a 1927 play by Ben Hecht and Rose Caylor
Produced by	Robert Kane
Starring	Lew Ayres Claire Trevor Walter Woolf King Jack Haley ZaSu Pitts Tala Birell
Cinematography	L. William O'Connell
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	April 19, 1935 (1935-04-19)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Spring Tonic is a 1935 American comedy film adapted from the 1927 play The Man-Eating Tiger by Ben Hecht and Rose Caylor. ^[1] It was directed by Clyde Bruckman and stars Lew Ayres, Claire Trevor, Walter Woolf King, Jack Haley, ZaSu Pitts and Tala Birell. It was released on April 19, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Lew Ayres as Caleb Enix
• Claire Trevor as Bertha 'Betty' Ingals
• Walter Woolf King as José
• Jack Haley as Sykes
• ZaSu Pitts as Maggie Conklin
• Tala Birell as Lola
• Sig Ruman as Matt Conklin
• Frank Mitchell as Griffin Nasher
• Jack Durant as Cambridge Nasher
• Herbert Mundin as Thompson
• Henry Kolker as Mr. Enix
• Laura Treadwell as Mrs. Enix
• Douglas Wood as Mr. Ingalls
• Helen Freeman as Mrs. Ingalls
• George Chandler as Taxi Driver

References

1. Cardullo, R. J. (2015). A Play Analysis: A Casebook on Modern Western Drama. SensePublishers. ISBN   9789463002806.
2. "Spring Tonic (1935) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
3. Hal Erickson. "Spring Tonic (1935) - Clyde Bruckman | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
4. "Spring Tonic". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-10-17.

External links

• Spring Tonic at IMDb  
• Spring Tonic at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films