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
Archive
- Name
UCLA Film & Television Archive
- 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
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Ginger". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67952 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)