Personal Property

Mar 19, 1937

1h 24m

★ 6.9

See Bob as a butler! See Jean as the adventuress who hires him! Thrill to 'em both-as rowdy "snuggle-pups," who can't give each other anything but love!

Overview

Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without knowing she is engaged to his brother.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Personal Property Trailers

Cast

Crystal Wetherby

Jean Harlow

Raymond Dabney

Robert Taylor

Claude Dabney

Reginald Owen

Clara

Una O'Connor

Mrs. Cosgrove Dabney

Henrietta Crosman

Cosgrove Dabney

E. E. Clive

Mrs. Burns

Cora Witherspoon

Catherine Burns

Marla Shelton

Herbert Jenkins

Forrester Harvey

Lord Carstairs

Lionel Braham

Arthur Trevelyan

Barnett Parker

Third English Cabby (uncredited)

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