A Private Scandal (1931 film)

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A Private Scandal
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Directed by Charles Hutchison
Written by Jack Natteford
Produced byCharles Hutchison
Starring Marian Nixon
Lloyd Hughes
Theodore von Eltz
Cinematography Ernest Miller
Edited by Richard Cahoon
Production
company
Charles Hutchison Productions
Distributed byHeadline Pictures
Release date
  • December 31, 1931 (1931-12-31)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

A Private Scandal is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Marian Nixon, Lloyd Hughes and Theodore von Eltz. [1] [2] It was distributed by the independent Headline Pictures.

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Plot

After a jewel robbery at the home of a member of the Boston elite, Count Raymond d'Alencourt is arrested by police due to his previous record. However, his accomplices get away with the loot and go to ground in a small Connecticut town. One of them marries Mary Gate, the daughter of a local family as cover for smuggling the jewels into New York.

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Preservation

The film is preserved in nitrate UCLA Film and TV Archive. [3]

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