A Free Soul

A Free Soul is a 1931 PreCode film which tells the story of an alcoholic defense attorney who must defend his daughters exboyfriend on a charge of murdering the mobster she had started a relationship with a mobster whom her father had previously got an acquittal for on a murder charge. A Free Soul stars Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, and Clark Gable the first screen appearance together of the future Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler.

The movie was adapted by Becky Gardiner and John Meehan dialogue continuity from the play by Willard Mack, which was based on the novel by Adela Rogers St. Johns. However, according to MGM publicity material, the story on which this film was based first appeared serially in Hearsts International with Cosmopolitan magazine starting in September 1926. Although onscreen credits list only the book by Adela Rogers St. Johns, contemporary reviews list both the novel and Willard Macks play.According to the Guinness World Records 2002, A Free Soul holds the record for the longest take in a commercial film, the final courtroom scene atminutes. Since a reel of camera film lasts onlyminutes, the take was achieved by using more than one camera. ........

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