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A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starringNorma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable. A Free Soul became famous for Barrymore's climactic courtroom monologue, and he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
A Free Soul: Directed by Clarence Brown. With Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable. 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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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Clarence Brown
- 1931-06-20
Stephen Ashe, a famous criminal lawyer, lives in San Francisco and is adored by his free-spirited daughter Jan. One day, Stephen, a freethinker who drinks too heavily and hates everyone in his family except for Jan, is invited by Grandma Ashe to a family dinner. After extending the invitation, the snobbish Grandma Ashe warns Jan not to let ...
- Clarence Brown, Charles Dorian
- Norma Shearer
Morally ambivalent defense attorney Stephen Ashe (Lionel Barrymore) gets mobster Ace Wilfong (Clark Gable) off the hook when he's brought up on charges...
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- Clarence Brown
- Drama
- Norma Shearer
A Free Soul (1931) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Clarence Brown and Irving Thalberg. The film was based on the novel of the same name and also Stage Play written by Adela Rogers St. Johns published in 1927 (novel); Jan 12, 1928 - Apr 1928 (play performed at Playhouse Theatre, NY).
- (307)
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Clarence Brown
Feb 17, 2016 · Sitting firmly on that line between daring and dull is 1931’s A Free Soul. The story of a father-daughter relationship and how it’s almost ruined by their vices has a strong start and a ludicrous finish– but, of course, we’ll get to that in a minute or so.
A Free Soul is the story of a girl who misuses the freedom her father gave her in her upbringing. The film is based on a story Adela Rogers St. John wrote, that drew from her relationship with her father, famed criminal defense attorney Earl Rogers.
