The Purchase Price (1932)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

William A. Wellman

Writers:

Arthur Stringer (story)
Robert Lord (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 July 1932 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot:

Torch singer Joan Gordon, tiring of her relationship with small-time hood and racketeer Eddie Fields...

Plot Keywords:

Mail Order Bride | Singer | North Dakota | Mentally Handicapped | Fistfight

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck	...	Joan Gordon
George Brent	...	Jim Gilson
Lyle Talbot	...	Eddie Fields
Hardie Albright	...	Don Leslie
David Landau	...	Bull McDowell
Murray Kinnell	...	Spike Forgan
Leila Bennett	...	Emily - the Hotel Maid

Runtime:

68 min (TCM print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-PG (TV rating)

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

During the wheat-burning scene a stand-in was used instead of Barbara Stanwyck, but she didn't think the stand-in acted as the character so Stanwyck decided to play it herself. This resulted in her getting some burns on her legs, but she never complained.

Quotes:

Eddie 'Ed' Fields: Say, when a guy like him marries a doll like you, I'll kiss your... foot... in Macy's window at high noon.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Take Me Away

See Stanwyck rocket from hard-bitten Sardi's sophisticate to Dakota farmhand!

Of course this delicious tour-de-force is totally incredible... but WOW! You can't take your eyes off the screen in case Wellman gives his heroine whiplash as she moves from plushly-kept woman in Manhattan to mail-order farmer's bride in North Dakota. From take-out at Tiffany's to hauling coal nuggets 20 miles through a blizzard. From igniting the lust in men with her daring chanteusing to putting out the fire villains set to her and hubby George Brent's last-hope crop of wheat. All in just over 60 minutes!