A Private Scandal is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Marian Nixon, Lloyd Hughes and Theodore von Eltz.[1][2] It was distributed by the independent Headline Pictures.
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| Directed by | Charles Hutchison |
| Written by | Jack Natteford |
| Produced by | Charles Hutchison |
| Starring | Marian Nixon Lloyd Hughes Theodore von Eltz |
| Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
| Edited by | Richard Cahoon |
Production company | Charles Hutchison Productions |
| Distributed by | Headline Pictures |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editAfter a jewel robbery at the home of a member of the Boston elite, Count Raymond d'Alencourt is arrested by police due to his previous record. However, his accomplices get away with the loot and go to ground in a small Connecticut town. One of them marries Mary Gate, the daughter of a local family as cover for smuggling the jewels into New York.
Cast
edit- Marian Nixon as Mary Gate
- Lloyd Hughes as Daniel Treve
- Theodore von Eltz as Matthew Gray
- Lucille Powers as Rita Gray
- Fletcher Norton as Count Raymond d'Alencourt
- Eddie Phillips as Eddie
- Burr McIntosh as The Judge
- George Willis as George
- Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Snowflake
- Walter Hiers as Honest John
- Broderick O'Farrell as Senator
- Dorothy Vernon as Landlady
Preservation
editThe film is preserved in nitrate UCLA Film and TV Archive.[3]
References
edit- ^ AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993
- ^ Langman p.163
- ^ Internet Movie Database A Private Scandal; Trivia
Bibliography
edit- Langman, Larry. A Guide to American Film Directors: The Sound Era, 1929-1979, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 1981.
External links
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