Paid (1930 film)

1930 film

Paid

Directed by| Sam Wood
Written by| Adaptation:
Lucien Hubbard
Adaptation and dialogue:
Charles MacArthur
Based on| "Within the Law" (1912 play)
by Bayard Veiller
Produced by| Sam Wood
Starring| Joan Crawford
Robert Armstrong
Kent Douglass
Cinematography| Charles Rosher
Edited by| Hugh Wynn
Music by| Yellen & Ager
Distributed by| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date

* December 30, 1930 (1930-12-30)

Running time

| 86 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $385,000[1]
Box office| $1,231,000[1]

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".

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[edit]

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## Cast[edit]

* Joan Crawford as Mary Turner
* Robert Armstrong as Joe Garson
* Marie Prevost as Agnes Lynch
* Kent Douglass as Bob Gilder
* John Miljan as Inspector Burke
* Purnell Pratt as Edward Gilder
* Hale Hamilton as District Attorney Demarest
* Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Sergeant Cassidy
* Tyrell Davis as Eddie Griggs
* William Bakewell as B.M. Carney
* George Cooper as Red
* Gwen Lee as Bertha
* Louise Beavers as Black Convict (uncredited)
* Edward Brophy as Burglar (uncredited)
* Payne B. Johnson as Baby (uncredited)
* Fred Kelsey as Night Policeman (uncredited)
* Wilbur Mack as Mr. Irwin (uncredited)
* Tom Mahoney as Policeman at District Attorney's Office (uncredited)
* Polly Moran as Polly
* Lee Phelps as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
* Herbert Prior as General Harrison (uncredited)
* Jed Prouty as Policeman Williams (uncredited)
* Walter Walker as Judge Lawler (uncredited)
* Clarence Wilson as Max Hardy (uncredited)

## Reception[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Paid at IMDb
* Synopsis at AllMovie
* Paid at the TCM Movie Database

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Charles MacArthur

Plays written|

* Lulu Belle (1926)
* The Front Page (1928)
* Twentieth Century (1932)
* Jumbo (193
* Ladies and Gentlemen (1939)

Family|

* Helen Hayes (second wife)
* James MacArthur (son)
* John D. MacArthur (brother)
* J. Roderick MacArthur (nephew)

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