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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.
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- Drama, Romance
- Frank Capra
- 1930-04-05
Barbara Stanwyck stars as a model who marries a wealthy artist to escape her past. Watch the film clip, see the photos and read the reviews of this Frank Capra-directed comedy drama.
- Frank Capra, David Selman
- Barbara Stanwyck
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.
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.
When he meets party girl Kay Arnold (Barbara Stanwyck) the wealthy, aspiring artist Jerry Strange (Ralph Graves) wants nothing more than to capture her beauty on canvas. After breaking through her shell and giving her a taste for the finer things in life, Jerry asks Kay to be his bride.
Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else. Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor.
