Riptide (film)

Riptide
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Produced by Irving Thalberg
Written by Edmund Goulding
Ben Hecht (uncredited)
Charles MacArthur (uncredited)
Starring Norma Shearer
Robert Montgomery
Herbert Marshall
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Music by Herbert Stothart
Cinematography Ray June
Edited by Margaret Booth
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • March 30, 1934 (1934-03-30)
Running time
 92 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $769,000[1]
Box office $1,741,000[1]

Riptide is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic drama film starring Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and Herbert Marshall, written and directed by Edmund Goulding, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The film was released a few months before the Production Code was enforced. This film had a noteworthy appearance by Mrs. Patrick Campbell, a famous stage actress known for her friendship and correspondence with playwright George Bernard Shaw and her creation of Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's play Pygmalion.[2][3]

Cast

Box office

The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $1,741,000: $1,023,000 from the US and Canada and $718,000 elsewhere. It made a profit of $333,000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  2. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c.1993
  3. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Riptide details, afi.com; accessed August 9, 2015.


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