A Free Soul (1931 film)

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A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film best known for Norma Shearer’s Oscar-nominated performance and Clark Gable’s breakout role as a charismatic gangster.

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instanceOf film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor (Lionel Barrymore)
basedOn A Free Soul (novel)
linked to: A Free Soul
basedOnWorkAuthor Adela Rogers St. Johns
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy William H. Daniels
countryOfOrigin United States
director Clarence Brown
distributedInFormat 35 mm film
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Blanche Sewell
featuresCharacter Ace Wilfong
Dwight Winthrop
Jan Ashe
Stephen Ashe
genre drama
hasSetting San Francisco
hasTheme addiction
crime
family conflict
romantic drama
languageOfWorkOrName English
mpaaRating pre-Code (no MPAA rating)
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress (Norma Shearer)
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation
notableFor Clark Gable’s breakout role as a gangster
Norma Shearer’s Academy Award-nominated performance
originalLanguage English
partOfFilmEra Golden Age of Hollywood
producer Clarence Brown
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1931-06-20
releaseYear 1931
runtimeMinutes 93
screenwriter Bayard Veiller
Beatrice Banyard
John Meehan
setInPeriod contemporary to time of production
starring Clark Gable
George Irving
James Gleason
Leslie Howard
Lionel Barrymore
Lucy Beaumont
Norma Shearer
Wilfrid North

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Jack Conway directed A Free Soul (1931 film)
subject linked to: Jack Conway (film director)
Adela Rogers St. Johns screenplayOf A Free Soul (1931 film)
Bess Meredyth notableWork A Free Soul (1931 film)
subject linked to: Meredyth