Paid_(1930_film)

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Paid (1930 film)

1930 film

Paid is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film[2][3] starring Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, and Kent Douglass in a story about a wrongly accused ex-convict who seeks revenge on those who sent her to prison using a scam called the "Heart Balm Racket".

Quick Facts Paid, Directed by ...

The film was adapted by Lucien Hubbard and Charles MacArthur from the play, Within the Law by Bayard Veiller (1912) and was the fourth film version of the play. The film was directed and produced by Sam Wood.[4]

Plot

Cast

Reception

Lobby card

Photoplay commented, "The story is absorbing and Joan is simply grand!" The New York Times noted, "Miss Crawford and Miss Prevost are very good in their roles."[5]

Box office

According to MGM records the film earned $920,000 in the US and Canada and $311,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $415,000.[1]

Adaptations

Paid was remade in Bollywood as the film Intaqam starring Sadhana.

References

  1. [1]
    The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. [2]
    Variety film review; January 7, 1931, page22.
  3. [3]
    Harrison's Reports film review; January 10, 1931, page 7
  4. [4]
    Paid (1930) notes, tcm.com; accessed July 24, 2015.
  5. [5]
    Quirk, Lawrence J.. The Films of Joan Crawford. The Citadel Press, 1968.
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