The Purchase Price (1932)
Joan Gordon travaille à Broadway depuis qu'elle a quinze ans, chanteuse et danseuse, elle est lassée de cette vie et rêve du grand amour loin des illusions nocturnes. Pour échapper à un homme de la nuit qui ne cesse de la convoiter elle décide de partir à Montréal poursuivre sa carrière. Mais l'homme qui la convoite la retrouve vite. Sa femme de chambre a trouvé un homme à marier par petite annonce, un fermier canadien. Alors qu'elle avoue à Joan qu'elle a envoyé à l'homme une de ses photos, Joan décide de sauter sur l'occasion et de partir elle même à la rencontre de cet inconnu.
Directeur: William A. Wellman
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Barbara Stanwyck as Joan Gordon Gilson |
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George Brent as Jim Gilson |
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Lyle Talbot as Eddie Fields |
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Hardie Albright as Don Leslie |
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David Landau as Bull McDowell |
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Murray Kinnell as Spike Forgan |
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Leila Bennett as Emily |
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Anne Shirley as Sarah Tipton (uncredited) |
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Mae Busch as Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited) |
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Mike Donlin as Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited) |
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John 'Skins' Miller as Accordion Player Skins (uncredited) |
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Carlyle Moore Jr. as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
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Harry 'Snub' Pollard as Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited) |
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Jed Prouty as Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited) |
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Henry Roquemore as First Man Joan Sings To (uncredited) |
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Lucille Ward as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited) |
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Adele Watson as Mrs. Sarah Tipton (uncredited) |
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Clarence Wilson as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited) |
| Directing | William A. Wellman | Director |
| Writing | Robert Lord | Writer |
| Writing | Arthur Stringer | Writer |
| Editing | William Holmes | Editor |
| Art | Jack Okey | Art Direction |
| Camera | Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Dolph Zimmer | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Robert B. Lee | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Conductor |
| Production | William Forsyth | Casting Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hollis Barnes | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alma Armstrong | Hairstylist |