''A Lady's Profession'' is a 1933 American
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comedy film
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directed by
Norman Z. McLeod and written by
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
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Screenwriting
Boylan entered the entertainment industry as a stage actor while working as a newspa ...
,
Walter DeLeon
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Walter DeLeon was born on May 3, 1884 in Oakland, California. DeLeon made his playwright debut at Idora Park in Oakland. He wrote for 6 ...
and
Nina Wilcox Putnam
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. The film stars
Alison Skipworth
Alison Skipworth (born Alison Mary Elliott Margaret Groom; 25 July 18635 July 1952) was an English stage and screen actress.
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Skipworth was born in London. She was the daughter of Dr. Richard Ebenezer Groom and Elizabeth Rodgers, an ...
,
Roland Young
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,
Sari Maritza
Sari Maritza (born Dora Patricia Detring-Nathan; 17 March 1910 – July 1987) was a British film actress of the early 1930s.
Early years
Born Dora Patricia Detring-Nathan in Tianjin, China, Maritza was the daughter of Major Walter Si ...
,
Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor (born Louis William Weiss; May 11, 1907 – April 11, 1987) was an American actor of film and television. Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more p ...
,
Roscoe Karns
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* ...
,
Warren Hymer
Edgar Warren Hymer (February 25, 1906 – March 25, 1948) was an American theatre and film actor.
Early life
He was born in New York City. His father, John Bard Hymer (1875/1876 – 1953) was a playwright (with nine Broadway plays to ...
and
George Barbier. The film was released on March 3, 1933, by
Paramount Pictures
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.
Cast
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Alison Skipworth
Alison Skipworth (born Alison Mary Elliott Margaret Groom; 25 July 18635 July 1952) was an English stage and screen actress.
Early years
Skipworth was born in London. She was the daughter of Dr. Richard Ebenezer Groom and Elizabeth Rodgers, an ...
as Beulah Bonnell
*
Roland Young
Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...
as Lord Reginald Withers
*
Sari Maritza
Sari Maritza (born Dora Patricia Detring-Nathan; 17 March 1910 – July 1987) was a British film actress of the early 1930s.
Early years
Born Dora Patricia Detring-Nathan in Tianjin, China, Maritza was the daughter of Major Walter Si ...
as Cecily Withers
*
Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor (born Louis William Weiss; May 11, 1907 – April 11, 1987) was an American actor of film and television. Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more p ...
as Dick Garfield
*
Roscoe Karns
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* Roscoe (name)
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* Roscoe, California (disambiguation)
*Roscoe Township (disambiguation)
* Roscoe, Georgia, an unincorporated community
*Roscoe, Illinois, a village
* ...
as Tony
*
Warren Hymer
Edgar Warren Hymer (February 25, 1906 – March 25, 1948) was an American theatre and film actor.
Early life
He was born in New York City. His father, John Bard Hymer (1875/1876 – 1953) was a playwright (with nine Broadway plays to ...
as Nutty Bolton
*
George Barbier as James Garfield
*
DeWitt Jennings
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He was born ...
as Mr. Stephens
*
Billy Bletcher
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as Keyhole
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Dewey Robinson
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Dewey Robinson was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1898, and made his B ...
as The Colonel
*
Edgar Norton
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Norton was born in Islington in London, England, on August 11, 1868, as Harry Edgar Mills, one of eight child ...
as Crotchett
*
Ethel Griffies
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as Lady McDougal
*Claudia Craddock as Miss Snodgrass
*
James Burke as Mulroy
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Jackie Searl
John E. Searl (July 7, 1921 – April 29, 1991) was an American actor. He portrayed bratty kids in several films, and often had only small roles, such as "Robin Figg" in 1934's '' Strictly Dynamite''.
Early years
His name is sometimes writte ...
as The Ship's Bad Boy
References
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1933 films
American comedy films
1933 comedy films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by Norman Z. McLeod
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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