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A Free Soul
A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown, starring Norma Shearer, and featuring Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, James Gleason, and Clark Gable. The film became famous for Barrymore's climactic courtroom monologue, and he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. Gable made such an impression in the role of a gangster who bullies Shearer that he was catapulted from supporting player to leading man.
Plot
In San Francisco, Jan Ashe is very close to her father, Stephen, who raised her by himself, as her mother died in childbirth. However, Stephen's upper-class family has all but disowned him and his free-spirited daughter, Jan, due to his alcoholism and her free spirited willfulness.
Awards
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| author | John Meehan |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Actor |
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | Clarence Brown |
| editor | Hugh Wynn |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | camp disown drink engage father and daughter free spirited gambling debt kill married murder charge new life |
| musicBy | William Axt |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director |
| producer | Clarence Brown |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
| theme | legal legal drama |