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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Adela Rogers St. Johns (book)
John Meehan (dialogue continuity)
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Release Date:
20 June 1931 (USA) more
Plot:
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
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Free Soul and Gone with the Wind Similarity more (25 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Norma Shearer | ... | Jan Ashe |
 | Leslie Howard | ... | Dwight Winthrop |
 | Lionel Barrymore | ... | Stephen Ashe |
| James Gleason | ... | Eddie |
 | Clark Gable | ... | Ace Wilfong |
| Lucy Beaumont | ... | Grandma Ashe |
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Also Known As:
Free Souls (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
93 min (Turner library print)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:TV-G | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Filming Locations:
Point Lobos, Point Lobos State Reserve, California, USA more
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In the outdoor location sequence where the donkey chases James Gleason, the actor, not a stuntman, is clearly knocked down by the animal, a scene which clearly wasn't planned as Norma Shearer's reaction attests. more
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Continuity: In the emotional scene when Shearer promises to give up Gable, Barrymore's hair changes between close-ups and medium shots. more
Quotes:
Stephen Ashe, Defense Attorney: [to Jan] I've had to drink as I've had to breathe, and you know it! more
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Referenced in "Tiny Toon Adventures: Prom-ise Her Anything (#1.17)" (1990) more
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By the River Sainte Marie more
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Having just seen the Free Soul (1931), I was struck with how much Gable's character foretold his similarly famous role as Rhett Buttler in the 1939 film, Gone with the Wind. The plot situations in the two movies were also very similar, a different time and setting. I noticed the role of the fathers were almost identical. Barrymore's patriarchal role was just as intense as Scarlet's father. Norma Shearer's free soul character was similar but more understandable and empathetic than Scarlet's continuous self-centeredness. The coincidence of the similarity of Leslie Howard's role in both films as the jilted lover was striking. His acting got a lot better in Gone with the Wind. It was easy to see how Gable was destined to be somebody based on his performance in the 1931 film. I found viewing A Free Soul while comparing it to the more famous Civil War movie was an enjoyable experience.