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Spring Tonic

Spring Tonic is a 1935 American comedy film adapted from the 1927 play The Man-Eating Tiger by Ben Hecht and Rose Caylor. 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.

Last revised
Jun 14, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
255 w
Citations
4
Source
Spring Tonic
Directed byClyde Bruckman
Screenplay byH.W. Hanemann
Patterson McNutt
Howard Irving Young
Based on
The Man-Eating Tiger, a 1927 play
by Ben Hecht and
Rose Caylor
Produced byRobert Kane
StarringLew Ayres
Claire Trevor
Walter Woolf King
Jack Haley
ZaSu Pitts
Tala Birell
CinematographyL. William O'Connell
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • April 19, 1935 (1935-04-19)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.234

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  1. Cardullo, R. J. (2015). A Play Analysis: A Casebook on Modern Western Drama. SensePublishers. ISBN 9789463002806.
  2. "Spring Tonic (1935) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  3. Hal Erickson. "Spring Tonic (1935) - Clyde Bruckman | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  4. "Spring Tonic". Afi.com. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
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