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Paid is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film 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".
Paid: Directed by Sam Wood. With Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, Marie Prevost, Douglass Montgomery. Mary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn't commit. Once out she and former prison mates plan a scam in which old men can be sued for breach of promise - the "heart balm" racket.
- (806)
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Sam Wood
- 1930-12-30
1930 USA Directed by Sam Wood Featuring Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, Marie Prevost
Mary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn’t commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction. Cast. Crew.
- (342)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Sam Wood
Paid was the third film version of the Bayard Veiller stage play Within the Law. Joan Crawford is cast as a shopgirl falsely arrested for stealing and sent to jail for three years.
Revenge takes the form of a wedding ring in Paid (1930), the fourth film version of Bayard Veiller's hit play Within the Law. Joan Crawford stars, in what was then a breakthrough role after years of playing flappers; here she's a shop girl who turns crooked after being wrongly sent to prison.
Summaries. Mary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn't commit. Once out she and former prison mates plan a scam in which old men can be sued for breach of promise - the "heart balm" racket. After plotting verious ways to get back at the men who set her up initially, she softens and settles down. — Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
