''Strictly Personal'' is a 1933 American pre-Code

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Ralph Murphy, written by

Beatrice Banyard Beatrice Banyard was an American screenwriter and actress active in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Biography Beatrice was born in Spring Valley, Iowa, to A.T. Banyard and Ida Burnett, the second of two daughters. She grew up primarily in Salt ...

, Willard Mack,

Wilson Mizner Wilson Mizner (May 19, 1876 – April 3, 1933) was an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best-known plays are ''The Deep Purple'', produced in 1910, and ''The Greyhound'', produced in 1912. He was manager and co-owner of The ...

Casey Robinson Kenneth Casey Robinson (October 17, 1903 – December 6, 1979) was an American producer and director of mostly B movies and a screenwriter responsible for some of Bette Davis' most revered films. Film critic Richard Corliss once described him a ...

and Robert T. Shannon, and starring Marjorie Rambeau, Dorothy Jordan, Eddie Quillan, Edward Ellis, Louis Calhern,

Dorothy Burgess Dorothy Burgess (March 4, 1907 – August 20, 1961) was an American stage and motion-picture actress. Family, education Born in Los Angeles in 1907, Burgess was a niece of Fay Bainter. On her father's side, she was related to David C. Montgome ...

and Rollo Lloyd. It was released on March 17, 1933, by

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

Plot

Cast

* Marjorie Rambeau as Annie Gibson * Dorothy Jordan as Mary * Eddie Quillan as Andy * Edward Ellis as Soapy Gibson * Louis Calhern as Magruder *

as Bessie *

Rollo Lloyd Rollo Lloyd (March 22, 1883 – July 24, 1938) was an American actor who appeared in about 65 films. His films include ''Today We Live'', ''Strictly Personal'', '' The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'', '' Mad Love'', ''Magnificent Obsession'', ''The D ...

as Jerry O'Connor *

Olive Tell Olive Tell (September 27, 1894 – June 8, 1951) was a stage and screen actress from New York City. Biography Tell was educated in several cities in Europe. She and her younger actress sister Alma graduated from the American Academy of Dramati ...

as Mrs. Castleman * Hugh Herbert as Wetzel *

Thomas E. Jackson Thomas E. Jackson (July 4, 1886 – September 7, 1967) was an American stage and screen actor. His 67-year career spanned eight decades and two centuries, during which time he appeared in over a dozen Broadway plays, produced two others, acted i ...

as Flynn * DeWitt Jennings as Captain Reardon * Jean Laverty as Hope Jennings *

Charles Sellon Charles A. Sellon (August 24, 1870 – June 26, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. Sellon appeared in more than 100 films and stage acts between 1901 and 1935. He played the blind Mr. Muckle in W. C. Fields' comedy ''It's a Gift'' ...

as Hewes * Ben Hall as Holbrook * Gay Seabrook as Giggles * Harvey Clark as Biddleberry * Helen Jerome Eddy as Mrs. Lovett

References

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* 1933 films American drama films 1933 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Ralph Murphy American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub