Spring Tonic

Spring Tonic

58 mins | Comedy | June 27, 1935

Claire Trevor walks out on her fiance Lew Ayres in search of adventure. She gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles upon a gang of bootleggers. Ayres comes to the rescue with the help of a circus troupe. The film was based on Man Eating Tiger, an obscure play by Ben Hecht and Rose Caylor.

Spring Tonic

58 mins | Comedy | June 27, 1935

Spring Tonic
Claire Trevor walks out on her fiance Lew Ayres in search of adventure. She gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles upon a gang of bootleggers. Ayres comes to the rescue with the help of a circus troupe. The film was based on Man Eating Tiger, an obscure play by Ben Hecht and Rose Caylor.
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title Spring Tonic
Directors Clyde Bruckman
Writers H.W. Hanemann, Patterson McNutt, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht

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 - the Butler

Henry Kolker

as Mr. Enix

Laura Treadwell

as Mrs. Enix

Douglas Wood

as Mr. Ingalls

Helen Freeman

as Mrs. Ingalls

Lynn Bari

as Bridesmaid