Strictly Unconventional
Strictly Unconventional is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by David Burton, written by Sylvia Thalberg and Frank Butler, and starring Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh, Tyrell Davis, Lewis Stone and Ernest Torrence. It was released on May 3, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based upon the 1921 play The Circle by W. Somerset Maugham. Plot A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian. However her mother-in-law, who did something similar thirty years before, tries to prevent her. Cast Lewis Stone as Clive Champion-Cheney Catherine Dale Owen as Elizabeth Paul Cavanagh as Ted Ernest Torrence as Lord Porteous Tyrell Davis as Arnold Champion-Cheney Alison Skipworth as Lady Catherine Champion-Chene Mary Forbes as Mrs. Anna Shenstone Wilfred Noy as Butler William H. O'Brien as Footman References External links 1930 films 1930s English-language films American drama films 1930 drama films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by David Burton American black-and-white films Films set in England Films set in London Films based on works by W. Somerset Maugham 1930s American films English-language drama films