Strictly Personal (1933)
Overview
Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these were often "clip joints" - places where people with money but no mate got taken by someone offering the promise of companionship. However, Soapy and Annie are strictly on the level - and they have more than one reason to want to stay on the level. You see Soapy escaped from the law years ago, had some plastic surgery and changed his name, and has been living on the lam with his wife ever since.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.72 |
Directed By
Ralph Murphy
Crew
Ralph Murphy
Beatrice Banyard
Milton Krasner
Joseph Kane
Willard Mack
Wilson Mizner
Casey Robinson
Charles R. Rogers
Robert T. Shannon
TOP CAST
Marjorie Rambeau
Annie Gibson
Dorothy Jordan
Mary O'Connor
Eddie Quillan
Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed
Edward Ellis
William "Soapy" Gibson
Louis Calhern
Jack Magruder
Dorothy Burgess
Bessie
Rollo Lloyd
Jerry O'Connor
Olive Tell
Mrs. Laura Castleton
Hugh Herbert
Hugo Wetzel
Thomas E. Jackson
Flynn
DeWitt Jennings
Captain Reardon
Jean Laverty
Hope Jennings
Jessie Arnold
(uncredited)
Harvey Clark
Biddleberry (uncredited)
Helen Jerome Eddy
Mrs. Lovett (uncredited)
Ben Hall
Holbrook (uncredited)
Hazel Jones
Lelia (uncredited)
Dorothy Mathews
(uncredited)
Gay Seabrook
Giggles (uncredited)
Charles Sellon
Hewes (uncredited)
Clarence Williams
Pilot with Bad Eyesight (uncredited)
Doro Merande
Club Member
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