Riptide (1934 film)

Riptide
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdmund Goulding
Written byEdmund Goulding
Ben Hecht (uncredited)
Charles MacArthur (uncredited)
Produced byIrving Thalberg
StarringNorma Shearer
Robert Montgomery
Herbert Marshall
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
CinematographyRay June
Edited byMargaret Booth
Music byHerbert Stothart
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 30, 1934 (1934-03-30)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$769,000[1]
Box office$1,741,000[1]

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]

  1. ^ a b 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.