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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.
A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film that tells the story of an alcoholic San Francisco defense attorney who must defend his daughter's ex-boyfriend on a charge of murdering the mobster she had started a relationship with, who he had previously gotten an acquittal for on a murder charge.
Free Soul, A (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Not Quite Straight Jan (Norma Shearer) is visiting with her lawyer father Stephen (Lionel Barrymore) when his handsome client Ace Wilfong (Clark Gable) appears, in A Free Soul, 1931, from the novel by Adela Rogers St. Johns.
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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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.
A contemporary magazine described one of the negligees, designed by Adrian, as: " Norma Shearer can well afford to look regal with all of us clamoring for her more loudly than ever. She wears this knockout negligee in 'A Free Soul' which you must see.
In this Academy Award-winning film, Stephen Ashe (Lionel Barrymore) is a hotshot Californian lawyer from a well-to-do family, whose main failing is his indulgence in alcohol. After winning a case for mobster Ace Wilfong (Clark Gable), Stephen brings his client along to a party at his parents' house for a little celebrating.
A Free Soul is a 1931 American Pre-Code film which tells the story of an alcoholic defense attorney who must defend his daughter's ex-boyfriend on a charge of murdering the mobster she had started a relationship with; a mobster whom her father had previously got an acquittal for on a murder charge.
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
May 22, 2018 · A free soul or spirit is a person who has reached a certain degree of maturity and emotional stability, based on confidence and independence. Hence, it is not easy to get to this climax of personal development.
