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A screenshot from the film
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Directed by | Jack Conway |
Produced by | Irving Thalberg |
Written by |
Fanny Hatton Frederic Hatton |
Based on |
Dancing Partner 1930 play by Alexander Engel Alfred Grünwald |
Starring |
William Haines Irene Purcell C. Aubrey Smith Charlotte Granville |
Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
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66 minutes |
Country | United States |
Just a Gigolo is a 1931 American Pre-Code is a romantic comedy film released by MGM. It was directed by Jack Conway, produced by Irving Thalberg and starred William Haines, Irene Purcell, C. Aubrey Smith, and Ray Milland. It was adapted from the 1930 play of the same name, which also starred Irene Purcell in the role of Roxana 'Roxy' Hartley. The film features the song "Just a Gigolo".
Lord Robert Brummell (William Haines), a bachelor is ordered by his wealthy uncle Lord George Hampton (C. Aubrey Smith) to settle down with a wife. Not wishing to tie himself down to any one girl, Brummell endeavors to prove that no woman is worthy of him by pretending to be a gigolo.