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The Social Lion

Dir. A. Edward Sutherland·1930·1h 12m

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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The Social Lion

The Social Lion (1930)

A. Edward Sutherland

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1h 12m
Cross-source blend ~75/100

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United States of America

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7.5/10

2 votes

Rating consensus

75/100 blend

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Warm reception overall — weighted ~75/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Jack Oakie

Marco Perkins

Mary Brian

Cynthia Brown

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Chick Hathaway

Olive Borden

Gloria Staunton

Charles Sellon

Jim Perkins

Cyril Ring

Ralph Williams

E.H. Calvert

Henderson

James Gibson

Howard

Henry Roquemore

Smith

William Bechtel

Schultz

Richard Cummings

McGinnis

Jack Byron

'Knockout' Johnson

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