Strictly Personal(1933)
Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these were often "clip joints" - places where people with money but no mate got taken by someone offering the promise of companionship. However, Soapy and Annie are strictly on the level - and they have more than one reason to want to stay on the level. You see Soapy escaped from the law years ago, had some plastic surgery and changed his name, and has been living on the lam with his wife ever since.
Movie: Strictly Personal
Top 10 Billed Cast
Annie Gibson
Mary O'Connor
Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed
William "Soapy" Gibson
Jack Magruder
Bessie
Jerry O'Connor
Mrs. Laura Castleton
Hugo Wetzel
Flynn
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