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Drama

Strictly Personal

7.5(2)

Released:March 17, 1933

Runtime:1h 11m

Status:Released

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.

Cast

Marjorie Rambeau

Marjorie Rambeau

Annie Gibson

Dorothy Jordan

Dorothy Jordan

Mary O'Connor

Eddie Quillan

Eddie Quillan

Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed

Edward Ellis

Edward Ellis

William "Soapy" Gibson

Louis Calhern

Louis Calhern

Jack Magruder

Dorothy Burgess

Dorothy Burgess

Bessie

Rollo Lloyd

Rollo Lloyd

Jerry O'Connor

Olive Tell

Olive Tell

Mrs. Laura Castleton

Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert

Hugo Wetzel

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Flynn

DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

Captain Reardon

Jean Laverty

Jean Laverty

Hope Jennings

Jessie Arnold

Jessie Arnold

(uncredited)

Harvey Clark

Harvey Clark

Biddleberry (uncredited)

Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy

Mrs. Lovett (uncredited)

Storyline

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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