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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.
- April 5, 1930
- Columbia Pictures
- Mischa Bakaleinikoff (uncredited)
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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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. Based on the 1924 play "Ladies of the Evening," written by Milton Herbert Gropper and produced in Broadway by David Belasco, it dealt with ...
- Frank Capra, David Selman
- Barbara Stanwyck
Summaries. An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows. Jerry Strong is the son of a wealthy businessman, but he wants to be a painter. He hires Kay Arnold, a young woman with a questionable past, as a model. They fall in love and plan to get married, but Jerry's parents raise strong objections.
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 confession that she is a call girl, Jerry finds ...
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- Frank Capra
- Comedy, Drama
- Barbara Stanwyck
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. Synopsis: A wealthy artist faces family pressure when he falls for a model with a past.
35 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 8/10. Great early performance by Barbara Stanwyck. AlsExGal 9 April 2023. Frank Capra directed this Pre-Code romance from Columbia Pictures in which Jerry Strong (Ralph Graves) is a high society scion who has grown bored with the hard-partying ways of his contemporaries.
