Summer Storm (1944 film)

Summer Storm
Directed byDouglas Sirk
Screenplay byDouglas Sirk (adaptation)
Michael O'Hara (adaptation)
Rowland Leigh (screenplay)
Robert Thoeren (additional dialogue)
Based onThe Shooting Party
by Anton Chekhov
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyArchie Stout
(front for)
Eugen Schüfftan
Music byKarl Hajos
Production
companies
Angelus Pictures
Angelus Productions
Nero Films
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • July 14, 1944 (1944-07-14) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,250,000[1]

Summer Storm is a 1944 period romantic melodrama directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Edward Everett Horton, and Anna Lee. It was based on Anton Chekhov's 1884 novel The Shooting Party, with the screenplay written by Rowland Leigh. Karl Hajos was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.