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

Contents

• Plot
• Cast
• Preservation
• References
• Bibliography
• External links

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.

Cast

• Marian Nixon as Mary Gate
• Lloyd Hughes as Daniel Treve
• Theodore von Eltz as Matthew Gray
• Lucille Powers as Rita Gray
• Fletcher Norton as Count Raymond d'Alencourt
• Eddie Phillips as Eddie
• Burr McIntosh as The Judge
• George Willis as George
• Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Snowflake
• Walter Hiers as Honest John
• Broderick O'Farrell as Senator
• Dorothy Vernon as Landlady

Preservation

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

References

Bibliography

• Langman, Larry. A Guide to American Film Directors: The Sound Era, 1929-1979, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 1981.

External links

• A Private Scandal at IMDb

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