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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], Florence Wix [Mrs. Waters], Jack Raymond [Johnson’s caddy], Joseph Harrington [the desk clerk], William A. Boardway [a golf game spectator], Edward Brophy [a golf game spectator], Ellinor Vanderveer [a woman in the country club lobby], Helen Brent
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [An Edward Sedgwick Production; A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Scenario by Albert Lewin and Frank Davies, from the play Spring Fever by Vincent Lawrence. Settings (production 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 December 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Quirk-Crawford pp. 15, 52, 53 : ClasIm-221 p. 14 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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