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. Heggie	Rexford Whittington (Romeo)
Jane Withers	Ginger (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

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/databases.html External site opens in new window

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