Spring Fever
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6705 feet
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Cast: William Haines [Jack Kelly], Joan Crawford [Allie Monte], George K. Arthur [Eustace Tewksbury], George Fawcett [Mr. Waters], Eileen Percy [Martha Lomsdom], Edward Earle [Harry Johnson], Bert Woodruff [Pop Kelly], Lee Moran [Oscar, the caddy]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Albert Lewin and Frank Davies, from the play Spring Fever by Vincent Lawrence. Settings (art direction and set design) by Cedric Gibbons and David Townsend. Wardrobe (costume design) by David Cox. Photographed (cinematography) by Ira H. Morgan. Film editor, Frank Sullivan. Titles (intertitles written) by Ralph Spence. / © 14 September 1927 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP24401]. Released 22 October 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 10 December 1927, page 42] Jack Kelly, wise-cracking shipping clerk, secures a card to an exclusive country club, and meets Allie Monte, who after some wooing reciprocates his love. Through a series of disillusionments Kelly maintains his balance, alternately playing the rich guy, and finally, his rivals vanquished, he succeeds in winning the girl, who proves to be wealthy in her own right.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Country clubs - Deception - Sports: Golf: Golf clubs, Golf courses - Weddings (Elopements)
Listing updated: 27 June 2009.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Quirk-Crawford pp. 15, 52, 53 : ClasIm-221 p. 14 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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