Strictly Unconventional
{{short description|1930 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Strictly Unconventional
| image = File:Strictly Unconventional.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = David Burton
| producer =
| screenplay = Sylvia Thalberg
Frank Butler
| based_on = {{based on|The Circle
1921 playplay|W. Somerset Maugham}}
| starring = Catherine Dale Owen
Paul Cavanagh
Tyrell Davis
Lewis Stone
Ernest Torrence
| music =
| cinematography = William H. Daniels
Oliver T. Marsh
| editing = Margaret Booth
| studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released = {{Film date|1930|5|3}}
| runtime = 55 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2956/strictly-unconventional|title=Strictly Unconventional (1930) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=November 11, 2014}}{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/strictly-unconventional/2030011016|title=Strictly Unconventional|work=TV Guide|accessdate=November 1, 2024}} 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
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
- 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
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0021422}}
- {{TCMDb title|2956}}
- {{AFI film|12468}}
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Category:Films directed by David Burton
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films based on works by W. Somerset Maugham
Category:English-language drama films
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