Strictly Unconventional

{{short description|1930 film}}

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{{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 =

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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

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