Robert Taylor, Loretta Young & Basil Rathbone in "Private Number" (1936)

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Robert Taylor, Loretta Young & Basil Rathbone in "Private Number" (1936) - feat. Paul Harvey

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17-year-old Ellen Neal (Loretta Young) is looking for a job as a servant. At the wealthy Winfield family home she meets servant Gracie (Patsy Kelly), and the family's butler, Thomas Wroxton (Basil Rathbone). Wroxton rules the household staff like a tyrant, demanding a large cut of their weekly wages as his "commission". Wroxton agrees to give Ellen a month's trial and tells her to report to him only. Ellen then meets Mrs. Winfield (Marjorie Gateson) and charms her so much that she is asked to become her personal maid.
The Winfield's son, Richard (Robert Taylor) returns home from college and meets Ellen at a party, having no clue she's a servant. Later, Gracie and her boyfriend, Smiley Watson (Joe E. Lewis), take Ellen on a double date, setting her up with a blind date. A riot breaks out. Ellen flees and meets a man willing to give her a ride home, Coakley (Monroe Owsley). But both are arrested. Wroxton bails her out of jail.
On a family trip to Maine, Ellen finds out that Richard is set to marry another woman. Despite this, Richard tells her that she is his only romantic interest and that he doesn't care that she is a servant. He suggests they marry, but she thinks it would be a mistake. Later, Wroxton asks Ellen to marry him. She rejects him. A fellow servant tells him that she knows Ellen is pregnant and has secretly married Richard. Mr. Winfield wants to terminate her employment, but Mrs. Winfield expresses how much she likes Ellen. Gracie arrives and blurts out that Ellen and Richard are married. Frustrated and pregnant, Ellen storms out without taking any money the family offered. Richard searches for her.
Ellen has her baby alone and lives on a farm now. Gracie and Smiley come to visit her, but two men show up and hand her a letter detailing how Richard wants to annul their marriage on grounds of fraud. Smiley calls over his attorney, Stapp (John Miljan). Richard has no clue the letter exists since it was sent by his family without his knowledge.
Mr. Winfield shows Richard that Ellen is paying for an apartment and is spending large sums of money in his name as Mrs. Winfield, furthering their suspicion that she is a gold digger. The whole scandal is sensationalized in the local newspaper. Richard finds Ellen and he signs the annulment papers after realizing that she had in fact been arrested before. Stapp prepares Coakley as their witness. Ellen testifies that she is not a gold digger and that she just loves Richard and wants to protect their baby. Coakley is called by the prosecutor as a witness. He lies about what happened. Stapp calls for him to be arrested. Panicked, Coakley and the prosecution team meet and it is revealed that Wroxton paid him to switch sides and to lie for his testimony. Richard punches Wroxton and asks the court to throw out the case. He then gives a speech about how much he loves Ellen and that he believed she was innocent the entire time. The couple are finally reconciled.
A 1936 American Black & White drama film (a/k/a "Secret Interlude") directed by Roy Del Ruth, associate producer Raymond Griffith, written by William M. Conselman and Gene Markey, based on Cleves Kinkead's play "Common Clay" (1915), cinematography by J. Peverell Marley, starring Loretta Young, Robert Taylor, Basil Rathbone, Patsy Kelly, Joe E. Lewis, Marjorie Gateson, Paul Harvey, Jane Darwell, Paul Stanton, John Miljan, Monroe Owsley, Billy Bevan, George Irving, and May Beatty.
Early in the picture, Loretta Young is discussing a blind date with Patsy Kelly. Patsy says that a corporal "was as handsome as Gable, and Gable ain't bad!" Loretta replies, "Oh I'll say not!" When filming "The Call of the Wild" the year before this film was released, Loretta had an affair with Clark Gable, leading to the birth of their daughter, Judy Lewis. Audiences at the time didn't realize the irony since this secret affair wasn't made public until years later.
Cleves Kinkead's play originally was copyrighted as "Hush Money" in 1914. It opened January 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, on 26 August 1915 moved to Broadway in New York City and closed in May 1916 after 316 performances. The cast included Mabel Colcord, Jane Cowl and Robert McWade. It had previously been made into a film of the same name in 1930. Following the more rigorous enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code after 1934, many of the more salacious elements of the earlier film were left out.
The Hollywood Reporter deemed it "a love story that hits romantic high for the year, bringing together as a modern Cinderella and her prince, Loretta Young and Robert Taylor... The combination spells box office returns in the smash category. Its appeal is especially to women, who will give it unlimited word-of-mouth boosting, but it is candy entertainment for any man with a spark of romance in his make-up".
This is entertaining as a vehicle for the ascendant Robert Taylor and lovely Loretta Young, and Variety called it "solid entertainment for the masses"

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@markbayer1573 Ай бұрын

Basil Rathbone absolutely never lets you down. Whether dueling Errol Flynn to the death, providing atmosphere in classic 30s horror, or (of course) cracking the case as Sherlock Holmes, the man always brings his A plus plus game to whatever he does. And he's a grand villain here as the head butler of Robert Taylor's plush estate, a real sociopath who bullies his underlings AND steals from their paychecks, lies to his bosses and has his very own casting couch! Rathbone is so good that during the obligatory romantic scenes between Taylor and Loretta Young you're more or less checking your watch waiting for him to show up again. In short, the love story and courtroom melodrama here comprise a nice little snack. Rathbone's wonderful villainy is a five-course meal! 7/10.

@samueldavidrucker7514 Ай бұрын

Nobody ever played a despicable heel better than Basil Rathbone...I'm glad he also got to play one of the greatest good guys ever in Sherlock Holmes

@user-ct3lz9ho4j Ай бұрын

Always been a Loretta Young fan. Nothing like seeing her twirl through the door in the age of full petticoats! This was a good movie, good acting. Thanks for posting.

@mhenry4248 Ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite movies from the 30s. Sooo good!

@alicebarton27 Ай бұрын

Mine too!❣️

@voceval1 Ай бұрын

Loretta and Robert were so good in this film, but even though her role was minor Patsy Kelly stood out too. Love Patsy and I'll be watching more of her films.

@alvaropelayo8084 Ай бұрын

Robert Taylor was a giant on the screen. I have loved him all my life. God bless him.

@arvettadelashmit9337 Ай бұрын

This is the second time I have seen this film. It is still wonderful. Some things don't seem to age.

@cya2163 Ай бұрын

Gosh...I enjoyed that even if I didn't care for Basil Rathbone's character. Thank you so much for posting...very much appreciated!

@kathylynch9732 Ай бұрын

I love this movie. I have watched it twice.

@libertytreebud5406 Ай бұрын

Great show, great movie actors, so young, beautiful & handsome 👍👍👍👍

@neilangus4401 Ай бұрын

I just love these movies Location,style and plot all seem to fit together

@miapdx503 Ай бұрын

Back in the day, women had one goal in life; to get married. Then women's lib came along. Yes, we can work like men, be independent. But what did we lose? Children today rarely grow up with both parents. Instead of fathers and mothers, they have baby mamas and baby daddies. At the end of the day, the comfort and security of going to sleep secure in the arms of your husband is a basic need, and a healthy one. I feel sorry for the women who will never know that peace...and for all the children who will never know a normal, healthy nuclear family. 😞

@metacat5144 Ай бұрын

Please remove your rose coloured glasses.

@alicebarton27 Ай бұрын

I agreed.Shows how degenerated our society has become! Sad!

@alicebarton27 Ай бұрын

@GPerihelionFamily should be more important than anything else in life; but sadly,our priorities have changed.

@miapdx503 Ай бұрын

@GPerihelion I agree with much of what you say. However, the phrase, "thou doth protest too much" comes to mind. Are you trying to convince me, or yourself? 🤔

@bellaadamowicz8380 Ай бұрын

@@metacat5144she is absolutely right . I look at those carrier women , many never been married , and some decide in their Forties to have a child “ for themselves” not to be alone. How pathetic . Missing on love, commitment , companionship. I was fortunate to be able not to have to work and look after our children . Consider myself lucky .

@annette8285 Ай бұрын

What a shame and what a loss for this world that there is no more true pure love in it. What a loss for mankind. I could not help crying in the last courtroom scene.

@marynadononeill Ай бұрын

There absolutely is still pure true love in the world.

@roberthevern6169 Ай бұрын

Thanks you, DPB for this wonderful movie! It depicts the class struggle dynamic so well!

@tiffanybob922 Ай бұрын

Sure...and also sexism.

@RetiredSchoolCook Ай бұрын

Thank you 😃Good movie 😄A fan of Basil Rathbone .

@jenniferjohnson4913 8 күн бұрын

Charming film. Thanks for sharing.

@marijo1951 Ай бұрын

I think Loretta Young had one of the most photogenic faces ever, not the greatest actress but so beautiful it didn't matter. And I loved Basil Rathbone as the evil butler, oozing lust and jealousy, such a change from seeing him as Sherlock Holmes. The only thing that worried me was her leaving the baby on his back in the crib with a feeding bottle - not very safe.

@alfredbonnabel7022 Ай бұрын

Have you seen the film The Stranger? That may change your mind on Loretta's acting abilities. ❤

@ilkaglas2274 Ай бұрын

Thank You ! @@alfredbonnabel7022

@marijo1951 Ай бұрын

@@alfredbonnabel7022 I wasn't sure, so checked and, yes, I have seen it but had forgotten that Loretta played the poor girl who unknowingly married a Nazi spy. I'll have to watch it again. I didn't intend to be mean about her acting ability. It was more that I wanted to point out her extraordinary screen presence.

@alfredbonnabel7022 Ай бұрын

@marijo1951 She was beautiful. A good business woman as well. The Loretta Young Show was on for 8 years!

@marijo1951 Ай бұрын

@@alfredbonnabel7022 I don't know if it was ever shown here in Britain, and anyway I was a very small child and wouldn't have been allowed to stay up to watch it! However I see some episodes are on KZbin, so I'll have to take a look.

@alicebarton27 Ай бұрын

Great actress and so lovely.

@user-sx6ki8qx1t Ай бұрын

So musch impresive to me ! Thank you so much for the uploading!

@wrsmith711 Ай бұрын

Loretta and Robert were married in this movie on Sept. 3rd..... That's my anniversary too. wow.

@marymayer2282 28 күн бұрын

Love The music 😍🎶🎶🎶 from some of these old movies this was Robert Taylor before The mustache Loretta like actress Maureen O'Hara remained beautiful even into her seventh decade

@alfredbonnabel7022 Ай бұрын

Majorie Gateson or Nedda Walker were the best society matrons!!

@dianehewitt579 6 күн бұрын

So good!

@cammieg4381 16 күн бұрын

Basil is such a good actor, I've turned this danged thing off twice out of fury at his 'type of arrogance'! (Does anyone else see the resemblance of Leonardo DiCaprio in the scene where Robert Taylor is 'teaching' the fabulous Loretta Young how to shoot? Fell in love with the movie from that point on! LOL)

@gracielalaplace9090 Ай бұрын

Hermosa pelicula y ver a esos 2 tan enamorados a pesar de las intrigas del malvado.

@patricialausche6280 Ай бұрын

Such a good movie! Thank you!

@mealinda Ай бұрын

Robert Taylor was so handsome.

@90FF1 Ай бұрын

Almost a cliche' story line. Rich boy, or girl, marries out of his/her demographic, but it was pretty good at that. Patsy Kelly as maid Gracie and Jane Darwell as the mess Sgt. in charge of the kitchen, added the necessary humor. The director should have put Jack Pennick in a Marine uniform. Pennick served with the Marines in China and later in WW1. Thanks DPB, enjoyed it.

@jennygibbons1258 Ай бұрын

Thanks

@alfredbonnabel7022 Ай бұрын

I have an awful feeling, I'd be just like Basil Rathbone with such a large staff!

@roberthevern6169 Ай бұрын

Oh, no!

@danielfairclough9885 Ай бұрын

Very good classic film free on KZbin

@debbiefreeman9481 Ай бұрын

I don’t like Rathbone as a creep!

@venerandavuijan195 22 күн бұрын

En Español, POR FAVOR!!! GRACIAS.

@alfredbonnabel7022 Ай бұрын

They made such a handsome couple...❤

@marymayer2282 28 күн бұрын

In The synopsis it said her character was 17 maybe that's All the older Loretta was??!

@marymayer2282 28 күн бұрын

Loretta young was so beautiful wonder how old she was? My guess around 25 ? She had such beautiful eyes And such a beautiful smile Basil rathbones character was such a louse in this movie but as in every role he has played including the great Sherlock Holmes he does a superb job Robert Taylor was one of my mom's heartthrobs

@lenahallid4802 28 күн бұрын

So funny,the remark Kelly made:Clark Gable is not bad in front of Loretta Young.

@tuyetpham8239 Ай бұрын

Why can’t a mother hold the bottle herself when feeding her son? That’s one of the many pleasures of being a mother. The dog had more attentions and affections than a baby.