Strictly Unconventional
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| Strictly Unconventional | |
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| Directed by | David Burton |
| Screenplay by | Sylvia Thalberg Frank Butler |
| Based on | The Circle 1921 playplay by W. Somerset Maugham |
| Starring | Catherine Dale Owen Paul Cavanagh Tyrell Davis Lewis Stone Ernest Torrence |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels Oliver T. Marsh |
| Edited by | Margaret Booth |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Strictly Unconventional is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by David Burton, written by Sylvia Thalberg and Frank Butler, and starring Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh, Tyrell Davis, Lewis Stone and Ernest Torrence.[1][2] It was released on May 3, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based upon the 1921 play The Circle by W. Somerset Maugham.
Plot
[edit | edit source]A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian. However her mother-in-law, who did something similar thirty years before, tries to prevent her.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Lewis Stone as Clive Champion-Cheney
- Catherine Dale Owen as Elizabeth
- Paul Cavanagh as Ted
- Ernest Torrence as Lord Porteous
- Tyrell Davis as Arnold Champion-Cheney
- Alison Skipworth as Lady Catherine Champion-Chene
- Mary Forbes as Mrs. Anna Shenstone
- Wilfred Noy as Butler
- William H. O'Brien as Footman
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Strictly Unconventional at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Strictly Unconventional at the TCM Movie Database
- Strictly Unconventional at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Categories:
- 1930 films
- 1930s English-language films
- American drama films
- 1930 drama films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Films directed by David Burton
- American black-and-white films
- Films set in England
- Films set in London
- Films based on works by W. Somerset Maugham
- 1930s American films
- English-language drama films
- 1930s drama film stubs