A Free Soul
6.6
“She wasn't a divorcee but she believed that strangers could kiss!”
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
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Cast
19 people
Norma Shearer
Jan Ashe
Known for
The Women
He Who Gets Slapped
Leslie Howard
Dwight Winthrop
Known for
Gone with the Wind
The Petrified Forest
Lionel Barrymore
Stephen Ashe
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
Clark Gable
Ace Wilfong
Known for
Gone with the Wind
It Happened One Night
James Gleason
Eddie
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Arsenic and Old Lace
Lucy Beaumont
Grandma Ashe
Known for
The Crowd
The Devil-Doll
Roscoe Ates
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
Known for
Freaks
Alice in Wonderland
Ann Brody
Hamburger Saleslady (uncredited)
Also in
The Sin of Nora Moran
Wolf Song
Edward Brophy
Slouch (uncredited)
Known for
The Thin Man
Mad Love
James Donlan
Reporter (uncredited)
Known for
The Whole Town's Talking
Bess Flowers
Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
Known for
Funny Face
Monkey Business
Francis Ford
Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
Known for
The Quiet Man
Wagon Master
Clarence Brown Director · Becky Gardiner Screenplay Adela Rogers St. Johns Author
Worldwide gross $1.4M · Budget $529K · United States release June 2, 1931
Box office
Budget
$529,000
Worldwide gross
$1,422,000
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 2, 1931
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
June 20, 1931 · Theatrical
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