Ladies of Leisure

Frank Capra, Columbia Pictures, 1930. Barbara Stanwyck, Lowell Sherman, and Ralph Graves in the leads. The screenplay by Jo Swerling is based on the 1924 play Ladies of the Evening by Milton Herbert Gropper, which ran for 159 performances on Broadway. The film is about an artist from a wealthy family who hires a "party girl" as his model. US 1929/30 title; renewal not checked title-by-title. About 102 minutes; Wikimedia Commons print.