A Free Soul
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"A Free Soul" is a 1931 pre-Code courtroom drama film best known for Lionel Barrymore’s Oscar-winning performance as an alcoholic defense attorney.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Free Soul canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Cedric Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Adela Rogers St. Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Lionel Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | A Free Soul (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William H. Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Adrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Clarence Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Blanche Sewell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ace Wilfong
NERFINISHED
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Dwight Winthrop NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Ashe NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Ashe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEra | pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ |
| genre |
courtroom film
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drama film ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | unrated (pre-MPAA code rating system) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alcoholism
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crime ⓘ family conflict ⓘ |
| locationOfStudio | Culver City, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Director
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Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Lionel Barrymore’s performance as an alcoholic defense attorney ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An alcoholic defense attorney secures the acquittal of a gangster who later becomes romantically involved with the lawyer’s daughter, leading to tragedy and a climactic courtroom confrontation. ⓘ |
| producer | Clarence Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1931-06-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bayard Veiller
NERFINISHED
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Beatrice Banyard NERFINISHED ⓘ John Meehan NERFINISHED ⓘ Willard Mack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary 1930s ⓘ |
| starring |
Clark Gable
NERFINISHED
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James Gleason NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Beaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ Norma Shearer NERFINISHED ⓘ Yolande Mallott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.