Drifting Souls

"Everything that life offers Was sought by this small town beauty but she found the cost was far beyond her means!"

1932 1h 4m EN

🤯

10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

Spoiler shield

A pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life. She goes to a nearby city and takes out an ad offering to marry whoever will pay her $5000, the cost of the operation. She soon finds herself involved with a newspaperman looking for a story, a drunken playboy and a con artist and his girlfriend out to fleece the playboy.

“Everything that life offers Was sought by this small town beauty but she found the cost was far beyond her means!”

WhatsApp X Facebook Telegram

Cast

Lois Wilson
Linda Lawrence
Theodore von Eltz
Joe Robson
Raymond Hatton
Scoop
Gene Gowing
Ted Merritt
Shirley Grey
Greta Janson
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Bing
Mischa Auer
Skeets
Edmund Breese
Brad Martin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Louis King
Writers: Douglas Z. Doty, Norman Houston
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.

Did you know?

Fun facts 🍿

1 / 8

RUNTIME

Did you know

Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

MoodPlayr · trivia#01

2 / 8

ERA

Did you know

94 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 8

RUNTIME

Did you know

Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

MoodPlayr · trivia#03

4 / 8

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Directed by Louis King, shot by William Hyer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

MoodPlayr · trivia#04

5 / 8

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Editor Irving Birnbaum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

MoodPlayr · trivia#05

6 / 8

CAST

Did you know

Lois Wilson and Theodore von Eltz and Raymond Hatton carry the top of the cast.

MoodPlayr · trivia#06

7 / 8

FACT

Did you know

Marketing tagline: "Everything that life offers Was sought by this small town beauty but she found the cost was far beyond her means!".

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

8 / 8

WILD

Did you know

IMDB entry: tt0022841 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

MoodPlayr · trivia#08

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Louis King directs. William Hyer behind the camera. Irving Birnbaum cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
294 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Louis King, shot by William Hyer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Irving Birnbaum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Lois Wilson and Theodore von Eltz and Raymond Hatton carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Everything that life offers Was sought by this small town beauty but she found the cost was far beyond her means!".
8IMDB entry: tt0022841 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.