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Spring Tonic

  • 19351935
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 58m
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5.7/10
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Lew Ayres, Jack Haley, Zasu Pitts, and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)
Comedy
On the night before her wedding, Betty Ingals walks out of the rehearsal angry at her milquetoast fiance, Caleb Enix, because of his insistence on reasonableness and his lack of ardor. When ... Read allOn the night before her wedding, Betty Ingals walks out of the rehearsal angry at her milquetoast fiance, Caleb Enix, because of his insistence on reasonableness and his lack of ardor. When he refuses to elope, Betty, with her clumsy, easily frightened maid Maggie in tow, sneaks ... Read allOn the night before her wedding, Betty Ingals walks out of the rehearsal angry at her milquetoast fiance, Caleb Enix, because of his insistence on reasonableness and his lack of ardor. When he refuses to elope, Betty, with her clumsy, easily frightened maid Maggie in tow, sneaks into her car. Sykes, a snooping reporter, climbs onto their rumble seat as Betty heads ups... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
63
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    • Clyde Bruckman
  • Writers
    • Frank Griffin(comedy sequences)
    • H.W. Hanemann(screenplay)
    • Ben Hecht(play "Man Eating Tiger")
  • Stars
    • Lew Ayres
    • Claire Trevor
    • Walter Woolf King
    • Clyde Bruckman
  • Writers
    • Frank Griffin(comedy sequences)
    • H.W. Hanemann(screenplay)
    • Ben Hecht(play "Man Eating Tiger")
  • Stars
    • Lew Ayres
    • Claire Trevor
    • Walter Woolf King
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    • 2User reviews
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    Lew Ayres and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Lew Ayres, Walter Woolf King, and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Walter Brennan, Tala Birell, Jack Haley, and Lew Kelly in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Lew Ayres, Tala Birell, Walter Woolf King, and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Tala Birell in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Lew Ayres and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Lew Ayres and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Lew Ayres and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Lew Ayres and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Lew Ayres, Jack Haley, Zasu Pitts, and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Lew Ayres, Walter Woolf King, and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)

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    Lew Ayres
    Lew Ayres
    • Caleb Enix
    Claire Trevor
    Claire Trevor
    • Bertha 'Betty' Ingals
    Walter Woolf King
    Walter Woolf King
    • José
    Jack Haley
    Jack Haley
    • Sykes
    Zasu Pitts
    Zasu Pitts
    • Maggie Conklin
    Tala Birell
    Tala Birell
    • Lola
    Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman
    • Matt Conklin
    Frank Mitchell
    Frank Mitchell
    • Griffin Nasher
    Jack Durant
    Jack Durant
    • Cambridge Nasher
    Herbert Mundin
    Herbert Mundin
    • Thompson - the Butler
    Henry Kolker
    Henry Kolker
    • Mr. Enix
    Laura Treadwell
    • Mrs. Enix
    Douglas Wood
    Douglas Wood
    • Mr. Ingalls
    Helen Freeman
    Helen Freeman
    • Mrs. Ingalls
    Lynn Bari
    Lynn Bari
    • Bridesmaid
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    • Bum
    • (uncredited)
    Eddy Chandler
    Eddy Chandler
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    George Chandler
    George Chandler
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    • (uncredited)
      • Clyde Bruckman
    • Writers
      • Frank Griffin(comedy sequences)
      • H.W. Hanemann(screenplay)
      • Ben Hecht(play "Man Eating Tiger")
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    Leaves no bitter taste!
    Clyde Bruckman did this one, and W.C. Fields' THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE in 1935. Fast moving, at times downright wacky, this zippy farce is almost too zippy and too much of a farce, but who cares? It never stops moving, which is SPRING TONIC's saving grace. The cast is engaging, and filled to the brim with some familiar (and welcome) names -- ZaSu Pitts, Walter Brennan, Lew Kelly, Sig Ruman, Henry Kolker, Arthur Housman, George Chandler, and Herbert Mundin among them. If you've been annoyed by the endless physical schtick of Mitchell & Durant, rest assured they are quite funny and well-utilized here. It is also fun to watch Walter Woolf King lampoon a guitar-serenading Latin "lover" type. Tala Birell is a riot as a subtle, dominatrix-style Lion Tamer, but the bulk of the action is centered around leading lady Claire Trevor, who alternates between a frantic frustration and a manic desire to keep the proceedings racing along. Different from other 1930s leads, Trevor's more like the later Anne Baxter -- a character actress strapping on her screwball heroine hat. Perhaps this is why SPRING TONIC is so entertaining, for no matter what is hurled her way (and everything is), Trevor never misses, and keeping the pace is that stalwart leading schlepp, Jack Haley, a consistently engaging spirit seen to advantage in this highly typical 1930s role, chock full o' his trademark cowardly heroics. Driving back in at about the midway point is leading man Lew Ayers, one of the more inconsistent film stars of that era, for in SPRING TONIC, he ain't so good, but he's not so bad, either. He shows up, he's accused of being stodgy, and he loosens up a bit. I've seen him handle similar assignments with much more verve and commitment (MURDER WITH PICTURES), but then again, I've also seen him far worse (IRON MAN). Ayers in no way hinders SPRING TONIC, but it really doesn't matter who was in it or how well they did, for most of the proceedings, and anything else not nailed firmly down to the rickety sets, was stolen from all by that American treasure, ZaSu Pitts. Suffice to say that there is one brief sequence that only involves Pitts and a small shelving unit - I've never seen anything quite so funny as that.
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    • Mar 28, 2002

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      • June 27, 1935 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Production company
      • Fox Film Corporation
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    • 58 minutes
      • Black and White

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