Riptide (1934 film)

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

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]

^ ^a ^b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c.1993
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Riptide details, afi.com; accessed June 6, 2022.

[Mannix-1] 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 June 6, 2022.

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