Not to be confused with the 1937 film Personal Property (also based on the Harwood play), whose alternate title is The Man in Possession.The Man in Possession is a 1931 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Robert Montgomery, Charlotte Greenwood and Irene Purcell, and based on the play of the same name by H. M. Harwood. The black sheep of a family finds himself falling in love with the wealthy woman his brother is seeking to marry.