Ginger

Synopsis
Feature film. Rex Whittington (Heggie) is an ageing and alcoholic Shakespearean actor, depressed after being offered only a spear-carrier role in a movie. When he is arrested his loving niece, Ginger, resorts to shoplifting and is herself arrested. At the beginning of the film Uncle Rex and Ginger rehearse the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet on the roof of Rex’s New York City apartment.
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Film
Technical information
Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release
1936
Duration
80 mins

Credits

Director
Lewis Seiler
Producer
Sol M. Wurtzel
Cinematographer
Bert Glennon
Screenplay
Arthur Kober
Costume
Alberto Luza
Art Direction
Duncan Cramer
Cast
O.P. HeggieRexford Whittington (Romeo)
Jane WithersGinger (Juliet)

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Romeo and Juliet
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals

Notes

Notes
The research copy available at UCLA is a 35mm nitrate print (3/2007).

Production Company

Name

Fox Film Corporation

Archive

Name

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email
arsc@ucla.edu
Web
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Phone
(310) 206 5388
Fax
(310) 206 5392
Address
Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA

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