The Purchase Price
July 23, 1932
68 minutes
6.5
DramaComedy

The Purchase Price

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.

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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))