Don’t Get Personal

Overview

Two college students, Bob McDonald and Arthur Hale, find themselves expelled after they are unable to pay their tuition. Desperate for money, the pair heads to Central Park and decides to auction off their services to the highest bidder. A wealthy young woman named Sally van Ranseleer places the winning bid—her last five dollars—to hire them to drive her and her dilapidated car from New York to Ohio. During the journey, Bob and Sally begin to develop feelings for each other, though Bob remains stubborn and flustered, insisting he doesn't need a "liability" like her. After a fight, Sally leaves Bob and returns to her wealthy family to marry her "dullard" fiancé, Freddie Miller. To force Bob into admitting his feelings, Sally's father announces her immediate marriage to Freddie. Learning of the wedding while working as a telephone lineman, Bob rushes to the estate. In a climactic moment, he cuts the power wires to the lights during the ceremony and elopes with Sally.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 12, 1936

Original language

English

Production

Universal Pictures

Cast

Tom Dugan,Sally Eilers,Dorothy McNames,Elizabeth Heater,James Dunn,Lillian Harmer,Alene Carroll,Vera Lewis,June Glory,Harry C. Bradleyand 11 more

Director

William Nigh

Writer

Wilhelm Thiele,Edmund L. Hartmann,Houston Branch,Clarence Marks,George Waggner

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0027535