The Man In Possession (1931) 480p Robert Montgomery Pre-Code

Comedy | Romance | USA | B&W | 85min | Director: Sam Wood Cast: Robert Montgomery, Irene Purcell, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Owen, C. Aubrey Smith Robert Montgomery plays an aimless young man who secures a job as a bailiffs deputy. Montgomery is assigned to guard a house under writ, but when he falls for the lady of the house (Irene Purcell), the boy decides to serve as her butler to keep up her family's appearances. Throughout the film, Montgomery assumes several more disguises to keep the family's legal reverses from becoming public. P. G. Wodehouse adapted H. M. Harwood's play 'The Man in Possession' for this brisk film version.