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Torch singer Joan Gordon, tiring of her relationship with small-time hood and racketeer Eddie Fields, flees to Montreal and becomes the mail-order bride of down-to-earth farmer Jim Gilson. Their chance for happiness is threatened by Gilson's own stubborness, a lecherous neighbor and the reappearance of Fields.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Purchase Price:

Barbara Stanwyck
George Brent
Lyle Talbot
Hardie Albright
David Landau
Murray Kinnell

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Torch singer Joan Gordon, tiring of her relationship with small-time hood and racketeer Eddie Fields, flees to Montreal and becomes the mail-order bride of down-to-earth farmer Jim Gilson. Their chance for happiness is threatened by Gilson's own stubborness, a lecherous neighbor and the reappearance of Fields.

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User Review - 10/10 by Ashley HThe Purchase Price is an excellent film. It is about a torch singer who becomes a mail-order bride for a farmer. Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent give amazing performances. The screenplay is well written. William A. Wellman did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama and humor.
User Review - 8/10 by Greg Wanother pre-code wellman sr mail rdewr vbride, like my grandma was also.
User Review - 8/10 by Antonius BBarbara Stanwyck had me from the beginning, as she crooned "Take Me Away" so seductively in the movie's first scene, and she could do no wrong from then on. Those eyes, that voice. She's so beautiful, and so natural as an actor. She plays a nightclub singer who becomes a mail-order bride to a farmer (Jim Gilson) in the middle of nowhere after wanting to get away from city life. It all moves a little too quickly for her as she has a rapid civil ceremony practically after stepping off a long train ride, and that evening she rebuffs her new husband's advances. He's the sensitive sort and can't forget it, even after she comes around and makes it clear she wants to consummate their marriage, talking to him sweetly and sincerely, and later beckoning him with lingerie. The movie is not all that well regarded, but I found it sweet, and Stanwyck captivating.
User Review - 6/10 by Anna SAs in a lot of movies from this period the appeal of the leads are what's gonna keep you entertained. Interesting change of scenery in this one. I found it neat to see the rural setting and farm life. Though Stanwyck's character seems to become too accustomed to rural life far too easily and in love with her husband a bit too quickly. Not bad though.
User Review - 6/10 by Aj VFrank pre-code drama about seen it all dance hall gal who becomes mail order bride to a rough farmer and through many hardships forges a happy life with him.
User Review - 6/10 by Daniel K3: I loved it, although it wasn't obvious why this was in the Forbidden Hollywood pre-production code collection. I suppose it's because it dealt with a fallen woman as it were, but the differences between this and films made under the production code is very subtle. It is a rather convoluted and unbelievable story, but it is certainly watchable. Stanwyck carries the film and manages to keep things interesting throughout. It's really just a good fashioned yarn.
User Review - 6/10 by Steven PStanwyck escapes gangster boyfriend and becomes farmer.
User Review - 6/10 by Joe MOldie but goodie where Stanwyck goes from night club moll to Dakota mail order bride. Somewhat wooden acting, especially by Brent, but at just over an hour, a pleasant diversion.
User Review - 6/10 by Matthew ZIt's not as strong as the other Wellman film on the same disc in the Forbidden Hollywood collection (Other Men's Women). However, Stanwyck is really fine here: charming, sexy, and vulnerable.
User Review - 2/10 by Trent JThe film won't commit to what story it wants to tell, and the one it finally does (saving the farm), is boring as all sin. The husband-wife relationship starts off intriguing enough, but ultimately settles on romantic-comedy cliches done a thousand before and to come.

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