The Purchase Price

The Purchase Price (1932)

She took another woman's place on her wedding night!

  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • Release Date: 1932-07-23
  • User Rating: 6.587/10 from 23 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 8min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: The Vitaphone Corporation
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: William A. Wellman
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Summary

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.

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  • Barbara Stanwyck

    as Joan Gordon Gilson
  • George Brent

    as Jim Gilson
  • Lyle Talbot

    as Eddie Fields
  • Hardie Albright

    as Don Leslie
  • David Landau

    as Bull McDowell
  • Murray Kinnell

    as Spike Forgan
  • Leila Bennett

    as Emily
  • Anne Shirley

    as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
  • Mae Busch

    as Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)
  • Mike Donlin

    as Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)
  • John "Skins" Miller

    as Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)
  • Carlyle Moore Jr.

    as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
  • Harry 'Snub' Pollard

    as Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
  • Jed Prouty

    as Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)
  • Henry Roquemore

    as First Man Joan Sings To (uncredited)
  • Lucille Ward

    as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
  • Adele Watson

    as Mrs. Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
  • Clarence Wilson

    as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
Writing Arthur Stringer Writer
Directing William A. Wellman Director
Writing Robert Lord Writer
Camera Sidney Hickox Director of Photography
Directing Dolph Zimmer Assistant Director
Editing William Holmes Editor
Art Jack Okey Art Direction
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

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