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A Free Soul
Why this pick
Like The Divorcee, it gives Norma Shearer a sophisticated pre-Code role shaped by sexual independence, social hypocrisy, and the costly freedom to reject respectable expectations.
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MOVIE1930 1h 24m USA
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Why this pick
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Private Lives
Why this pick
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Three on a Match
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Ted (Chester Morris), Jerry (Norma Shearer), Paul (Conrad Nagel), and Dorothy (Judith Wood) are part of the New York in-crowd. Jerry's decision to marry Ted crushes Paul. He gets drunk and is involved in an accident that leaves Dorothy's face disfigured. Out of pity, Paul marries Dorothy. Ted and Jerry have been married for three years when she discovers that he had a brief affair with another woman — and when she confronts him on their third anniversary, he tells her it did not "mean a thing." Upset, and with Ted out on a business trip, Jerry spends the night with his best friend, Don. Upon Ted's return, she tells him that she "balanced [their] accounts," withholding Don's name.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Chester Morris
Ted Martin
Conrad Nagel
Paul
Mary Doran
Janice Meredith
Robert Montgomery
Don
George Irving
Dr. Bernard
Norma Shearer
Jerry