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Ladies of Leisure is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ralph Graves. The screenplay by Jo Swerling is based on the 1924 play Ladies of the Evening by Milton Herbert Gropper, which ran for 159 performances on Broadway.
Ladies of Leisure: Directed by Frank Capra. With Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves, Lowell Sherman, Marie Prevost. An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.
Ladies of Leisure was Capra's first film of the new decade - he began shooting in January, 1930 - and film critic and Capra biographer Joseph McBride argues that it marked a turning point in Capra's career.
Ladies of Leisure (1930) Genre: Drama/Romance. Director: Frank Capra. Writers: Jo Swerling adapted from a stage play by Milton Herbert Gropper. Producers: Harry Cohn. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck as Kay Arnold, Ralph Graves, Lowell Sherman, Marie Prevost. Release Date: 5 April 1930.
Wealthy artist Jerry Strong (Ralph Graves) offers a lift to Kay Arnold (Barbara Stanwyck), a weary woman rowing a boat in the river. Despite Kay's...
- Comedy, Drama
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Kay Arnold ( Barbara Stanwyck) is a single-minded gold-digger who is out to ensnare socialite and would-be-artist Jerry Strong ( Ralph Graves ). While she's working as a model for him, she begins to open up to him, and the pair fall in love.
