Spring Tonic

{{short description|1935 film by Clyde Bruckman}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Spring Tonic

| image = File:Spring Tonic.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Clyde Bruckman

| producer = Robert Kane

| based_on = {{based on|The Man-Eating Tiger, a 1927 play|Ben Hecht and
Rose Caylor}}

| screenplay = H.W. Hanemann
Patterson McNutt
Howard Irving Young

| starring = Lew Ayres
Claire Trevor
Walter Woolf King
Jack Haley
ZaSu Pitts
Tala Birell

| music =

| cinematography = L. William O'Connell

| editing =

| studio = Fox Film Corporation

| distributor = Fox Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1935|4|19}}

| runtime = 58 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Spring Tonic is a 1935 American comedy film adapted from the 1927 play The Man-Eating Tiger by Ben Hecht and Rose Caylor.{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Play_Analysis/nSvUCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ben+Hecht+and+Charles+MacArthur+%22The+Man-Eating+Tiger%22+%22Spring+Tonic%22&pg=PA138&printsec=frontcover|title=A Play Analysis: A Casebook on Modern Western Drama|first= R. J.|last= Cardullo|year=2015|isbn=9789463002806|publisher=SensePublishers}} It was directed by Clyde Bruckman and stars Lew Ayres, Claire Trevor, Walter Woolf King, Jack Haley, ZaSu Pitts and Tala Birell. It was released on April 19, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91155/spring-tonic |title=Spring Tonic (1935) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-10-17}}{{cite web|author=Hal Erickson |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/spring-tonic-v111456 |title=Spring Tonic (1935) - Clyde Bruckman | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2015-10-17}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5786 |title=Spring Tonic |publisher=Afi.com |date= |accessdate=2015-10-17}}