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The Social Lion

60 %|Jun 21, 1930|Comedy

Marco Perkins is a garage mechanic and a would-be-prizefighter who gets a place on the ritzy country club's polo team because he is the town's most proficient mallet-wielder, having learned to play polo while serving in the U.S. army. His hobnobbing with the town-elite and social upper-crust at the polo-matches gives him an inflated idea of his social position, and he decides he is is moving on up. He breaks off with his girl-friend, true-blue Cynthia Brown, and hits on débutante Gloria Staunton, who appears to have an interest in being hit upon. Gloria's interest lies mostly in showing Marco that hired-hands who can play polo still aren't to the manor born.

Featured Crew

A. Edward Sutherland
Director
Octavus Roy Cohen
Story
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay

Cast

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Jack Oakie
Marco Perkins
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Mary Brian
Cynthia Brown
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Olive Borden
Gloria Staunton
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Charles Sellon
Jim Perkins
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Cyril Ring
Ralph Williams
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E.H. Calvert
Henderson
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Jack Byron
'Knockout' Johnson
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Frank Biedka
Minor Role
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Virginia Bruce
Society Girl