The Purchase Price (1932)
Drama, Comedy
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.
Director: William A. Wellman
Writers: Robert Lord, Arthur Stringer
The 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
Leila Bennett
Emily
Anne Shirley
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
Mae Busch
Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)
Mike Donlin
Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller
Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
Jed Prouty
Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
First Man Joan Sings To (uncredited)
Lucille Ward
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Adele Watson
Mrs. Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
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