Summary
Personal Property is an American comedy romance film first released in 1937,
directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
The film stars Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, Reginald Owen and Una O’Connor.
It has also been released under the title: The Man in Possession.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: W.S. Van Dyke
- Script: H.M. Harwood, Hugh Mills, Ernest Vajda, Harold Goldman, Bradbury Foote, August Mariette Bey, Camille du Locle, Antonio Ghislanzoni
- Photo: William H. Daniels
- Music: Franz Waxman, Edward Ward
- Cast: Jean Harlow (Crystal Wetherby), Robert Taylor (Raymond Dabney aka Ferguson), Reginald Owen (Claude Dabney), Una O’Connor (Clara, Crystal’s Maid), Henrietta Crosman (Mrs. Cosgrove Dabney), E.E. Clive (Cosgrove Dabney), Cora Witherspoon (Mrs. Burns), Marla Shelton (Catherine Burns), Forrester Harvey (Herbert Jenkins, Bailiff), Lionel Braham (Lord Carstairs), Barnett Parker (Arthur ’Trevy’ Trevelyan), Melville Cooper ((scenes deleted)), Jimmy Aubrey (Third English Cabby), Billy Bevan (Frank the Waiter), Thomas Braidon (Minister), Robert Cory (Moving Van Man), Herbert Evans (Moving Van Man), Douglas Gordon (Second English Cabby), Bobby Hale (Moving Van Man), Leyland Hodgson (First English Cabby), Arthur Stuart Hull (English Businessman), John Powers (Moving Van Man), Charles Requa (English Businessman), Tom Ricketts (Elderly Man), Frederick Sewell (Opera Attendant), William Stack (Bobby at Crystal’s House)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 84 min; B&W
- Aka: The Man in Possession
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