The Social Lion 94 years old

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The Social Lion

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.

Credits

The Social Lion Cast

Name Character
Cyril Ring He was 37, 74 years old when he died as Ralph Williams
Virginia Bruce She was 19, 71 years old when she died as Society Girl
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher He was 38, 63 years old when he died as Chick Hathaway
Mary Brian She was 24, 96 years old when she died as Cynthia Brown
Charles Sellon He was 59, 66 years old when he died as Jim Perkins
Jack Oakie He was 26, 74 years old when he died as Marco Perkins
E.H. Calvert He was 66, 78 years old when he died as Henderson
Henry Roquemore He was 44, 57 years old when he died as Smith
William Bechtel He was 63, 63 years old when he died as Schultz
James Gibson as Howard
Olive Borden She was 23, 41 years old when she died as Gloria Staunton
Jack Byron He was 34, 95 years old when he died as 'Knockout' Johnson
Richard Cummings He was 71, 80 years old when he died as McGinnis

The Social Lion Crew

Name Department
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The Social Lion (94 years)

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  • Release day: Saturday, June 21, 1930