An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him..


If you're into old Hollywood drama, especially the stuff before the strict code came down, then A Free Soul is absolutely worth digging up. It’s a wild ride of family trouble and bad decisions.For folks who hate slow, talky old films, though, this one might feel like a real drag.The whole thing centers around Jan Ashe,...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Clarence Brown

Alexander Butler
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"If you're into old Hollywood drama, especially the stuff before the strict code came down, then A Free Soul is absolutely worth digging up. It’s a wild ride of family trouble and bad decisions.For folks who hate slow, talky old films, though, this one might feel like a real drag.The whole thing centers around Jan Ashe, played by Norma Shearer. She’s got this big, boozy lawyer dad, Stephen (Lionel Barrymore), who just cleared a notorious gambler named Ace Wilfong (Clark Gable) of a murder charge...."
Dorothy Farnum, Willard Mack, John Lynch, Becky Gardiner, Philip Dunning, Adela Rogers St. Johns
United States

