| Heat Lightning | |
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| 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 |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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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]
- ^ League, The Broadway. "Heat Lightning – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB". ibdb.com.
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.77 c.1978 by The American Film Institute