Free Love (film)

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Free Love
Directed by Hobart Henley
Written by Edwin H. Knopf (adaptation, dialogue)
Winifred Dunn (continuity)
Erwin Gelsey (scenario)
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Starring Conrad Nagel
Genevieve Tobin
Cinematography Hal Mohr
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • December 1930 (1930-12)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Free Love is a 1930 Pre-Code film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by Hobart Henley and starring Conrad Nagel. [1]

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Plot

Cast

Preservation status

A print of this film is in the collection of the Library of Congress. [2]

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References

  1. Free Love at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.63 c.1978 by American Film Institute