The Purchase Price (1932)
6.5|23 Jul, 1932|68 min
She took another woman's place on her wedding night!
6.5|23 Jul, 1932|68 min
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Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
Keywords
farm
marriage
fistfight
farm life
north dakota
singer
mail order bride
pre-code
shivaree
seed
nightclub singer
unhappy marriage
indecent proposal
farming couple
runaway woman
Casts
Barbara Stanwyck
Joan Gordon Gilson
George Brent
Jim Gilson
Lyle Talbot
Eddie Fields
Hardie Albright
Don Leslie
David Landau
Bull McDowell
Murray Kinnell
Spike Forgan
Leila Bennett
Emily
Anne Shirley
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
Mae Busch
Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)
Mike Donlin
Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller
Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
Jed Prouty
Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
First Man Joan Sings To (uncredited)
Lucille Ward
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Adele Watson
Mrs. Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
Crews
Robert Lord
Writer
Arthur Stringer
Writer
William A. Wellman
Director
Robert B. Lee
Sound Recordist
William Holmes
Editor
Jack Okey
Art Direction
Sidney Hickox
Director of Photography
Dolph Zimmer
Assistant Director
Leo F. Forbstein
Conductor
William Forsyth
Casting Assistant
Hollis Barnes
Hairstylist
Alma Armstrong
Hairstylist
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