

The Social Lion
1930-06-21 · 72 min · ★ 7.5
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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- Directors
- A. Edward Sutherland
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Jack OakieMarco Perkins
Mary BrianCynthia Brown
Richard 'Skeets' GallagherChick Hathaway
Olive BordenGloria Staunton
Charles SellonJim Perkins
Cyril RingRalph Williams
E.H. CalvertHenderson
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