Personal Property

Personal Property

See Bob as a butler! See Jean as the adventuress who hires him! Thrill to 'em both-as rowdy "snuggle-pups," who can't give each other anything but love!

1937 · 84 min · ★ 6.9 · Comedy, Romance

Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without knowing she is engaged to his brother.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · Written by Ernest Vajda

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