Christopher Strong

Christopher Strong
Directed by
Screenplay byZoë Akins
Based onChristopher Strong
1932 novel
by Gilbert Frankau
Produced byDavid O. Selznick
Starring
CinematographyBert Glennon
Edited byArthur Roberts
Music byRoy Webb
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures (US)
Release dates
  • March 31, 1933 (1933-03-31) (US)
  • June 29, 1933 (1933-06-29) (UK[1])
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$284,000 (estimated)

Christopher Strong (also known as The Great Desire and The White Moth) is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film produced by RKO and directed by Dorothy Arzner. It is a tale of illicit love among the English aristocracy and stars Colin Clive and Katharine Hepburn (in her second screen role and first starring role). The screenplay by Zoë Akins is an adaptation of the 1932 British novel Christopher Strong by Gilbert Frankau.

  1. ^ "First advertisement for Christopher Strong at the Plaza." The Times (Times Digital Archive), June 29, 1933.