Riptide | |
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Directed by | Edmund Goulding |
Produced by | Irving Thalberg |
Written by | Edmund Goulding Ben Hecht (uncredited) Charles MacArthur (uncredited) |
Starring |
Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Herbert Marshall Mrs. Patrick Campbell |
Music by | Herbert Stothart |
Cinematography | Ray June |
Edited by | Margaret Booth |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time
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92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $769,000 |
Box office | $1,741,000 |
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.
The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $1,741,000: $1,023,000 from the US and Canada and $718,000 elsewhere. It made a profit of $333,000.