# Spring Tonic > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Spring_Tonic > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Spring_Tonic.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Tonic > Source revision: 1339464221 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1935 film by Clyde Bruckman Spring Tonic Directed by Clyde Bruckman Screenplay by H.W. Hanemann Patterson McNutt Howard Irving Young Based on The Man-Eating Tiger, a 1927 play by Ben Hecht and Rose Caylor Produced by Robert Kane Starring Lew Ayres Claire Trevor Walter Woolf King Jack Haley ZaSu Pitts Tala Birell Cinematography L. William O'Connell Production company Fox Film Corporation Distributed by Fox Film Corporation Release date April 19, 1935 (1935-04-19) Running time 58 minutes Country United States Language English ***Spring Tonic*** is a 1935 American [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) adapted from the 1927 play *The Man-Eating Tiger* by [Ben Hecht](/source/Ben_Hecht) and [Rose Caylor](/source/Rose_Caylor).[1] It was directed by [Clyde Bruckman](/source/Clyde_Bruckman) and stars [Lew Ayres](/source/Lew_Ayres), [Claire Trevor](/source/Claire_Trevor), [Walter Woolf King](/source/Walter_Woolf_King), [Jack Haley](/source/Jack_Haley), [ZaSu Pitts](/source/ZaSu_Pitts) and [Tala Birell](/source/Tala_Birell). It was released on April 19, 1935, by [Fox Film Corporation](/source/Fox_Film_Corporation).[2][3][4] ## Plot This article needs a plot summary. Please add one in your own words. (October 2015) ## Cast - [Lew Ayres](/source/Lew_Ayres) as Caleb Enix - [Claire Trevor](/source/Claire_Trevor) as Bertha 'Betty' Ingals - [Walter Woolf King](/source/Walter_Woolf_King) as José - [Jack Haley](/source/Jack_Haley) as Sykes - [ZaSu Pitts](/source/ZaSu_Pitts) as Maggie Conklin - [Tala Birell](/source/Tala_Birell) as Lola - [Sig Ruman](/source/Sig_Ruman) as Matt Conklin - [Frank Mitchell](/source/Frank_Mitchell_(actor)) as Griffin Nasher - Jack Durant as Cambridge Nasher - [Herbert Mundin](/source/Herbert_Mundin) as Thompson - [Henry Kolker](/source/Henry_Kolker) as Mr. Enix - Laura Treadwell as Mrs. Enix - [Douglas Wood](/source/Douglas_Wood_(actor)) as Mr. Ingalls - [Helen Freeman](/source/Helen_Freeman_(actress)) as Mrs. Ingalls - [George Chandler](/source/George_Chandler) as Taxi Driver ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Cardullo, R. J. (2015). [*A Play Analysis: A Casebook on Modern Western Drama*](https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Play_Analysis/nSvUCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ben+Hecht+and+Charles+MacArthur+%22The+Man-Eating+Tiger%22+%22Spring+Tonic%22&pg=PA138&printsec=frontcover). SensePublishers. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789463002806](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789463002806). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Spring Tonic (1935) - Overview"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120701121115/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91155/Spring-Tonic/). Turner Classic Movies. Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91155/spring-tonic) on July 1, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hal Erickson. ["Spring Tonic (1935) - Clyde Bruckman | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related"](http://www.allmovie.com/movie/spring-tonic-v111456). AllMovie. Retrieved October 17, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Spring Tonic"](http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5786). Afi.com. Retrieved October 17, 2015. ## External links - [*Spring Tonic*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027034/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Spring Tonic*](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/5786) at the *[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films)* v t e Films directed by Clyde Bruckman Cowboys Cry for It (1925) The General (1926) Horse Shoes (1927) Putting Pants on Philip (1927) The Battle of the Century (1927) Love 'Em and Feed 'Em (1927) Call of the Cuckoo (1927) Leave 'Em Laughing (1928) The Finishing Touch (1928) Should Tall Men Marry? (1928) A Perfect Gentleman (1928) Welcome Danger (1929) Feet First (1930) Everything's Rosie (1931) Movie Crazy (1932) The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933) Horses' Collars (1935) Spring Tonic (1935) Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) This article related to an American comedy film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1930s-US-comedy-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1930s-US-comedy-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1930s-US-comedy-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Spring Tonic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Tonic) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Tonic?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.