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Free Soul, A (1931) - (Movie Clip) Open, Modern Girl

About as MGM as movies get, opening credits and first scene with a gag between father Lionel Barrymore and daughter Norma Shearer, from A Free Soul, 1931, also starring Leslie Howard and Clark Gable.

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