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A Free Soul is a 1931 drama, crime and romance film directed by Clarence Brown and written by John Meehan, associated with the Pre-Code Hollywood movement. Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable star, with William H. Daniels as director of photography, Cedric Gibbons as production designer, Adrian as costume designer, and a score by William Axt. Set in San Francisco, it was produced and executive produced by Irving Thalberg.
Shot in black-and-white in the United States for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film won the Academy Award for Best Actor and was also nominated for Best Actress and Best Director. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, and is recognised in the Academy Award Best Actor collection.
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Film · TMDB
6.1An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
Cast
- Norma Shearer as Jan Ashe
- Leslie Howard as Dwight Winthrop
- Lionel Barrymore as Stephen Ashe
- Clark Gable as Ace Wilfong
- James Gleason as Eddie
- Lucy Beaumont as Grandma Ashe
Themes
- gangster
- murder
- alcoholic
- pre-code
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Screenwriter
- John Meehan
- Cast member
- E. Alyn Warren
- Composer
- William Axt
- Producer
- Irving Thalberg
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- William H. Daniels
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 786516
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- A Free Soul (1931) film poster.jpg
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- publication date
- 1931-01-01
- title
- A Free Soul
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- color
- black-and-white
- executive producer
- Irving Thalberg
- costume designer
- Adrian
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- Commons category
- A Free Soul
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