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The Purchase Price

The Purchase Price

She took another woman's place on her wedding night!
Jul 23, 1932 1h 8m
6.6
24 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title The Purchase Price
Companies The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries United States of America
Keywords farm, marriage, fistfight, farm life, north dakota, singer, mail order bride, pre-code, shivaree, seed, nightclub singer, unhappy marriage, farming couple
Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Joan Gordon Gilson
George Brent

George Brent

Jim Gilson
Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Eddie Fields
David Landau

David Landau

Bull McDowell
Murray Kinnell

Murray Kinnell

Spike Forgan
Anne Shirley

Anne Shirley

Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
Mae Busch

Mae Busch

Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)
Mike Donlin

Mike Donlin

Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller

John 'Skins' Miller

Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr.

Carlyle Moore Jr.

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
Jed Prouty

Jed Prouty

Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore

Henry Roquemore

First Man Joan Sings To (uncredited)
Lucille Ward

Lucille Ward

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

Adele Watson

Mrs. Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson

Clarence Wilson

Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)