A Free Soul
US (1931): Drama
Stephen Ashe (Lionel Barrymore), an upper class alcoholic defense attorney, successfully defends local mobster Ace Wilfong (Clark Gable) in a murder case. After his daughter Jan Ashe (Norma Shearer) breaks her engagement to polo player Dwight Winthrop (Leslie Howard) and starts an affair with Wilfong, she finds that the liason is not easily severed when she wants out. Winthrop earns Miss Ashe's true affections by killing Wilfong to break his grip on her. Now the question is, can Stephen Ashe save Winthrop with an impassioned defense speech to the jury? (Gary Jackson, IMDb)
Remade by MGM in 1953 as The Girl Who Had Everything with Richard Thorpe directing Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, William Powell, Gig Young and James Whitmore.
3 nominations, 1 Award
· Best Actor 1930-31: Lionel Barrymore
· Actress 1930-31: Norma Shearer
· Directing 1930-31: Clarence Brown