The Purchase Price (1932)
- Directed by
- William A. Wellman
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A nightclub singer runs away from her criminal boyfriend and becomes a mail-order bride for a farmer. She tries to adjust to a simpler life in the country.
romanticdramaticfast-pacedglamorousearthypoignantpre-code
What happens
The Purchase Price is a 1932 pre-Code American romantic drama film directed by William Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent and Lyle Talbot. Adapted from the novel The Mud Lark by Arthur Stringer, with a screenplay by Robert Lord, the film is about an attractive nightclub singer who leaves her criminal boyfriend and becomes the mail-order bride of a humble farmer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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