| Quality Street | |
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| Directed by | George Stevens |
| Written by | Allan Scott Mortimer Offner |
| Based on | Quality Street 1901 play by J.M. Barrie |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Starring | Katharine Hepburn Franchot Tone Eric Blore Fay Bainter |
| Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
| Edited by | Henry Berman |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Quality Street is a 1937 American historical comedy film made by RKO Radio Pictures.[1][2] It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman. Set in 19th-century England, the film stars Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone. Joan Fontaine makes one of her early (uncredited) film appearances. The screenplay was by Allan Scott, Mortimer Offner, and Jack Townley, based on the 1901 play Quality Street by J. M. Barrie.
This 1937 version was filmed at the RKO Encino movie ranch, RKO Forty Acres backlot, and RKO Hollywood Studios. Quality Street was a box office failure, recording a loss of $248,000.[3] It was Katharine Hepburn's fourth flop film in a row for RKO Pictures, which added to Miss Hepburn’s label as "box office poison" by the 1938 national group of movie exhibitors.
Roy Webb's music was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Score.[4]
- ^ Variety film review; April 14, 1937, page 12.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; March 20, 1937, page 47.
- ^ Richard Jewel, "RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994; p. 44
- ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 22, 2019.