Private Number

• Director: Roy Del Ruth
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Main Cast: Robert Taylor, Loretta Young, Patsy Kelly, Basil Rathbone, Marjorie Gateson
• Release Year: 1936
• Country: US
• Run Time: 80 minutes

Plot

Private Number is the old saw about the wealthy young man who marries his family's serving girl. This time Richard Winfield (Robert Taylor) is the handsome, aristocrat hero, while Ellen Neal (Loretta Young) is the gorgeous, low-born heroine. Though they oppose the match, Richard's parents cope with the situation as best they can, but arrogant family butler Wroxton (Basil Rathbone) works overtime to break up the happy couple. Wroxton, of course, is not entirely motivated by snobbery -- he has a craving for Ellen himself. Private Number is based on Cleave Kinkead's stage play Common Clay, previously filmed twice under that title. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Robert Taylor - Richard Winfield
• Loretta Young - Ellen Neal
• Patsy Kelly - Gracie
• Basil Rathbone - Wroxton
• Marjorie Gateson - Mrs. Winfield

Paul Harvey - Perry Winfield; Joe Lewis - Smiley Watson; Jane Darwell - Mrs. Meecham; Monroe Owsley - Coakley; George Irving - Judge; Frank Dawson - Graham; May Beatty - Grandma Gammon; John Miljan - Stapp; Jack Pennick - Gus Relovitch; Billy Bevan; Fred Kelsey - Detective; Kane Richmond - Chauffeur; Paul Stanton - Rawlings; Prince the Dog - Hamlet, a Dog

Credit

Roy Del Ruth - Director, Allen McNeil - Editor, Louis Silvers - Composer (Music Score), Louis Silvers - Musical Direction/Supervision, J. Peverell Marley - Cinematographer, Raymond Griffith - Producer, Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer, William Conselman - Screenwriter, Gene Markey - Screenwriter, Cleves Kinkead - Play Author