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Personal Property (1937)

Personal Property poster
Directed by
W. S. Van Dyke
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man who works for a debt collection agency is sent to repossess furniture from a wealthy widow. They become attracted to each other and end up getting married.

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What happens

Personal Property is a 1937 American romantic comedy film starring Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor and directed by W.S. Van Dyke. It is based on the play The Man in Possession by H. M. Harwood which had previously been made into a film The Man in Possession by MGM. It was the last fully completed film made by Harlow. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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