Heat Lightning (film)

Heat Lightning
Directed by	Mervyn LeRoy
Written by	Brown Holmes Warren Duff
Based on	Heat Lightning 1933 play by George Abbott Leon Abrams[1]
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff (uncredited)
Starring	Aline MacMahon Ann Dvorak Preston Foster
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Edited by	Howard Bretherton
Music by	Leo F. Forbstein
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 3, 1934 (1934-03-03)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Heat Lightning is a 1934 pre-Code drama film starring Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, and Preston Foster. It is based on the play of the same name by Leon Abrams and George Abbott.

The movie was one of the latter to be released before the Motion Picture Production Code was rigorously enforced. According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, two months after its release, it was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency. The Hays Office objected to the seductions that occur in the film because they were in violation of the Production Code, particularly the scene in which "George" leaves "Olga's" room in the morning and buttons his coat. The Office also objected to the underlined portion of the hitchhiker's line to her friend, in reference to their driver: "Say, it's your turn to sit up in front with that old thigh-pincher." A print is held at the Library of Congress.^[2]