Private Number (1936)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Roy Del Ruth

Writers:

Cleves Kinkead (story)
Gene Markey (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

5 June 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Secret Marriage | Maid | Farm | Sock On The Jaw | Dog

Cast

Robert Taylor	...	Richard Winfield
Loretta Young	...	Ellen Neal
Basil Rathbone	...	Thomas Wroxton
Patsy Kelly	...	Gracie
Joe E. Lewis	...	Smiley Watson (as Joe Lewis)
Marjorie Gateson	...	Mrs. Maggie Winfield
Paul Harvey	...	Perry Winfield
Jane Darwell	...	Mrs. Meecham
Paul Stanton	...	Rawlings
John Miljan	...	Sam Stapp
Monroe Owsley	...	James Coakley
Billy Bevan	...	Frederick
Frank Dawson	...	Graham
George Irving	...	Judge
May Beatty	...	Grandma Gammon

Also Known As:

Secret Interlude (UK)

Runtime:

USA:80 min (FMC Library Print) | 79 min (copyright length)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #2249) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Cleves Kinkead's play opened in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in January 1915. It moved to Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 26 August 1915 and closed in May 1916 after 316 performances. The cast included Mabel Colcord, Jane Cowl and Robert McWade.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Jane Darwell is billed as "Mrs. Meecham" but is called "Mrs. Frisby" twice.

Movie Connections:

Alternate language version of Del mismo barro (1930)

The Great Loretta Young

I caught this film for the very first time,as I can remember,on Fox Movie Channel.The lead actor was listed as Tyronne Power instead of Robert Taylor.I don't know whether the fault lies with TV Guide or the cable channel.Maybe both.

I enjoyed watching a young Loretta Young,one of my favorites.The storyline deals with a maid who falls in love,marries and has a baby for her employers son.Basil Rathbone,another one of my favs,plays the wicked butler who cooks up a devilish plot to have her arrested and and discredited in the eyes of her employers and fired.

This old black and white charm took me way back to my childhood days watching Ms Young's television show with similar stories.Released way back in the 1930's,it is a jewel of a picture.

Can you believe TV Guide even had it listed as a comedy?