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Private Affairs

  • 1940
  • Approved
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Hugh Herbert, Robert Cummings, Nancy Kelly, and Roland Young in Private Affairs (1940)
ComedyRomance

Amos Bullerton, son of an old Boston family, has chosen for twenty years to remain a black sheep rather than submit to the dictation of his staid family. Jane Bullerton, his daughter, finds ... Read allAmos Bullerton, son of an old Boston family, has chosen for twenty years to remain a black sheep rather than submit to the dictation of his staid family. Jane Bullerton, his daughter, finds herself in the same quandary, ordered by her crotchety grandfather Noble Bullerton, to mar... Read allAmos Bullerton, son of an old Boston family, has chosen for twenty years to remain a black sheep rather than submit to the dictation of his staid family. Jane Bullerton, his daughter, finds herself in the same quandary, ordered by her crotchety grandfather Noble Bullerton, to marry a man she doesn't love.

  • Director
    • Albert S. Rogell
  • Writers
    • Walter Greene
    • Charles Grayson
    • Leonard Spigelgass
  • Stars
    • Nancy Kelly
    • Robert Cummings
    • Hugh Herbert
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    67
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Albert S. Rogell
    • Writers
      • Walter Greene
      • Charles Grayson
      • Leonard Spigelgass
    • Stars
      • Nancy Kelly
      • Robert Cummings
      • Hugh Herbert
    • 2User reviews
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    Nancy Kelly
    Nancy Kelly
    • Jane Bullerton
    Robert Cummings
    Robert Cummings
    • Jimmy Nolan
    Hugh Herbert
    Hugh Herbert
    • Angus McPherson
    Roland Young
    Roland Young
    • Amos Bullerton
    Montagu Love
    Montagu Love
    • Noble Bullerton
    Jonathan Hale
    Jonathan Hale
    • George Gilkin
    Florence Shirley
    • Mrs. Gilkin
    G.P. Huntley
    G.P. Huntley
    • Herbert Stanley, (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
    Dick Purcell
    Dick Purcell
    • Dick Cartwright
    Leonard Carey
    Leonard Carey
    • Casper, the Butler
    Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes
    • Mrs. Stanley
    Douglas Wood
    Douglas Wood
    • Mr. Stanley
    Granville Bates
    Granville Bates
    • Judge Samuel Elmer Hamilton
    Tim Ryan
    Tim Ryan
    • Bartender Harry
    James Blakeley
    James Blakeley
    • Henry
    • (uncredited)
    Monte Carter
    • Johnson - Elevator Starter
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Chefe
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Dora Clement
    Dora Clement
    • Society Woman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Albert S. Rogell
    • Writers
      • Walter Greene
      • Charles Grayson
      • Leonard Spigelgass
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    6larry41onEbay

    Forgotten screwball comedy, like TRADING PLACES still funny after all these years!

    Roland Young and Hugh Herbert make an amusing comedy team in this Universal classic `B' film. With humorous antics of the main characters your laughter will keep you chuckling along a well weaved wacky plot, which has Herbert as a cab driver and Young as a chalkboard operator on Wall Street.

    Disowned by his wealthy family, Amos Bullerton (Young) ekes out a living as a chalk-board proprietor in a Wall Street brokerage. With the help of his erstwhile friend, cab-driver Angus McPherson (Herbert), Bullerton tries to smooth the path of romance for his daughter Jane (Nancy Kelly). Though engaged to snobbish Herbert Stanley (G. P. Huntley Jr.), Jane is really in love with Jimmy Nolan (Robert Cummings) who like Bullerton himself is on the outs with his well-to-do family. Given its Wall Street background, there's a stock-manipulation scheme at the heart of Young manages to straighten out his daughter's romances as well as prevent a gang of crooks from turning the stock market upside-down. Herbert plays a more straight-comedy role and dispenses with most of his usual slapstick antics. Private Affairs, which in its own way is as intricately funny as the Bull-and-Bear shenanigans in 1982's Trading Places.

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      Final film of Shirley Deane.

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    • Release date
      • July 5, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pank och fågelfri
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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