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Uma Alma Livre / A Free Soul (1931)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Aug 16, 2017
Uma Alma Livre / A Free Soul (1931) É San Francisco, a cidade do pecado! Um homem (Lionel Barrymore) está lendo um jornal quando a sombra de uma mulher se projeta na parede do banheiro. A mulher está nua e pede para ele trazer a lingerie até ela. Ele faz isso, e podemos ver um belo sutiã read more
A Free Soul
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jun 11, 2016
Today, I'm reviewing the classic legal melodrama A Free Soul (1931), starring Lionel Barrymore and Norma Shearer.
This article is part of Order in the Court! The Classic Courtroom Movies Blogathon hosted by Second Sight Cinema and CineMaven's Essays From the Couch.
There are a lot of grea read more
A Free Soul (1931, Clarence Brown)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 3, 2015
The first hour of A Free Soul is this extremely engaging, if occasionally melodramatic, story about Norma Shearer and Lionel Barrymore. They’re rebellious blue bloods–Barrymore’s Shearer’s father and he’s raised her to be an independent woman. He’s a defense atto read more
Pre-Code vs Post-Code: "A Free Soul" and "The Girl Who Had Everything"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Dec 26, 2014
Adela Rogers St. Johns's novel "A Free Soul" was filmed twice -- once in 1931, under its original title, and again in 1953 as "The Girl Who Had Everything." In both cases the female leads were played by MGM royalty -- Norma Shearer and Elizabeth Taylor, respectively.
The character they play is the read more
Pre-Code vs Post-Code: "A Free Soul" and "The Girl Who Had Everything"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Dec 26, 2014
Adela Rogers St. Johns's novel "A Free Soul" was filmed twice -- once in 1931, under its original title, and again in 1953 as "The Girl Who Had Everything." In both cases the female leads were played by MGM royalty -- Norma Shearer and Elizabeth Taylor, respectively.
The character they play is the read more
A Free Soul (1931) (2)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 18, 2012
Jan Ashe (Norma Shearer) and her father Stephen(Lionel Barrymore) have a very close relationship. Even though a lot of their family judges Stephen for his alcoholism, Jan stands by him every step of the way. When she and Stephen are invited to a family dinner, Jan’s grandmother asks her to ke read more
"A Free Soul," or Shearer Madness
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Oct 15, 2012
The headline refers to previous Shearer pictures
"The Divorcee" and "Strangers May Kiss"
The climax of the 1931 film "A Free Soul" is a fourteen-minute continuous take -- a courtroom scene where Lionel Barrymore, as alcoholic attorney Stephen Ashe, back from a months-long bender, uses hi read more
"A Free Soul," or Shearer Madness
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Oct 15, 2012
The headline refers to previous Shearer pictures
"The Divorcee" and "Strangers May Kiss"
The climax of the 1931 film "A Free Soul" is a fourteen-minute continuous take -- a courtroom scene where Lionel Barrymore, as alcoholic attorney Stephen Ashe, back from a months-long bender, uses hi read more
A Free Soul (1931) (1)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Aug 1, 2012
I’m reviewing all five films (and one documentary) in the Forbidden Hollywood volume two box set: Review of Night Nurse Review of Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin, and Censorship in pre-Code Hollywood Review of The Divorcee We get to the last Norma Shearer film in the Forbidden Hollywood read more
Quotes in Pre-Code: A Free Soul (1931)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Jul 10, 2011
“I’ve lost the right ever again to think of what love can be or what it means. Marry you? For the rest of my life, can’t wash the filthy mark of you out of my soul. That’s what I think of you. And now you can go.” Norma Shearer in A Free Soul (1931) Norma Shearer: " read more
Uma Alma Livre / A Free Soul (1931)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Uma Alma Livre / A Free Soul (1931) É San Francisco, a cidade do pecado! Um homem (Lionel Barrymore) está lendo um jornal quando a sombra de uma mulher se projeta na parede do banheiro. A mulher está nua e pede para ele trazer a lingerie até ela. Ele faz isso, e podemos ver um belo sutiã read more