The Social Lion (1930)
Overview
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.
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What is The Social Lion about?
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. The Social Lion is a Comedy movie, released on 1930-06-21, runtime 72 minutes.
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Directed by
A. Edward Sutherland
Cast
- Jack Oakie as Marco Perkins
- Mary Brian as Cynthia Brown
- Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Chick Hathaway
- Olive Borden as Gloria Staunton
- Charles Sellon as Jim Perkins
- Cyril Ring as Ralph Williams
- E.H. Calvert as Henderson
- James Gibson as Howard
- Henry Roquemore as Smith
- William Bechtel as Schultz
- Richard Cummings as McGinnis
- Jack Byron as 'Knockout' Johnson
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