The Purchase Price (1932)

07/23/1932 (US) • 1h 8m

Drama, Comedy

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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

Anne Shirley

Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Mae Busch

Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

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

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