The Social Lion (1930)
Marco Perkins is a garage mechanic and a would-be-prizefighter who gets a place on the ritzy country club's polo team because he is the town's most proficient mallet-wielder, having learned to play polo while serving in the U.S. army. His hobnobbing with the town-elite and social upper-crust at the polo-matches gives him an inflated idea of his social position, and he decides he is is moving on up. He breaks off with his girl-friend, true-blue Cynthia Brown, and hits on débutante Gloria Staunton, who appears to have an interest in being hit upon. Gloria's interest lies mostly in showing Marco that hired-hands who can play polo still aren't to the manor born.
Director:
A. Edward Sutherland
Writer:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Jack Oakie as Marco Perkins |
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Mary Brian as Cynthia Brown |
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Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Chick Hathaway |
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Olive Borden as Gloria Staunton |
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Charles Sellon as Jim Perkins |
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Cyril Ring as Ralph Williams |
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E.H. Calvert as Henderson |
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James Gibson as Howard |
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Henry Roquemore as Smith |
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William Bechtel as Schultz |
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Richard Cummings as McGinnis |
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Jack Byron as 'Knockout' Johnson |
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Frank Biedka as Minor Role |
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Virginia Bruce as Society Girl |
| Directing | A. Edward Sutherland | Director |
| Writing | Octavus Roy Cohen | Story |
| Writing | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Screenplay |
