The Easiest Way
A SOUL FOR SALE
1931 | 73m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Jack Conway |
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| Writer: | Edith Ellis |
| Staring: |
| A virtuous and innocent young woman uneasily gives in to the lavish attentions of a "sugar daddy" but then finds true love with a newspaperman her own age. But when he disappears on a long assignment, she is unable to support herself in Depression-era New York and returns to her previous arrangement, placing her in a predicament when he returns. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 07, 1931 |
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| Director: | Jack Conway |
| Writer: | Edith Ellis |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | colorado, great depression, family relationships, mistress, tenement, pre-code, modeling, kept woman |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Constance Bennett | Laura Murdock |
| Adolphe Menjou | William Brockton |
| Robert Montgomery | Jack Madison |
| Anita Page | Peg Murdock |
| Marjorie Rambeau | Elfie St. Clair |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | Ben Murdock |
| Clara Blandick | Agnes Murdock |
| Clark Gable | Nickolas (Nick) Feliki |
| John Harron | Chris Swoboda - Laura's Suitor (uncredited) |
| Hedda Hopper | Mrs. Clara Williams (uncredited) |
| Charles Judels | Mr. Gensler (uncredited) |
| Andy Shuford | Bobby Murdock (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jack Conway | Director |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| John J. Mescall | Director of Photography |
| Frank Sullivan | Editor |
| René Hubert | Costume Design |
| Robert A. Golden | Assistant Director |
| Al Shenberg | Assistant Director |
| Eugene Walter | Theatre Play |
| Edith Ellis | Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hunt Stromberg | Producer |
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