Skyscraper Souls
A Drama That Soars Half Way to Heaven and Reaches Half Way to Hell!
1932 | 99m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Edgar Selwyn |
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| Writer: | Faith Baldwin, C. Gardner Sullivan |
| Staring: |
| After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan. Despite the devotion of longtime mistress Sarah, the ruthless David, while seeking bank mergers to protect his building, tries to seduce Sarah's secretary, Lynn. David then agrees to a plot by a bank board member to inflate his bank's stock and sell short — just before the market crashes. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 16, 1932 |
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| Director: | Edgar Selwyn |
| Writer: | Faith Baldwin, C. Gardner Sullivan |
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| Keywords | skyscraper, new building, womanizer, secretary, older man younger woman relationship, pre-code, dressing room, changing room, jumping off a building, open marriage, stock market crash, workplace romance, murder by gunshot, stock swindle, real estate developer, bank loan, business acquisition, office building, corrupt businessman, bank president, shareholders, dating the boss, revenge for cheating, gold diggers, loyal mistress, mistress kills lover |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 16, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Warren William | David Dwight |
| Maureen O'Sullivan | Lynn Harding |
| Gregory Ratoff | Mr. Vinmont |
| Anita Page | Jenny LeGrande |
| Norman Foster | Tom Shepherd |
| Verree Teasdale | Sarah Dennis |
| George Barbier | Norton |
| Jean Hersholt | Jake |
| Wallace Ford | Slim |
| Hedda Hopper | Ella Dwight |
| Helen Coburn | Myra |
| John Marston | Bill |
| Oscar Apfel | Brewster's Associate (uncredited) |
| Edward Brophy | Man in Elevator (uncredited) |
| Billy Gilbert | Second Ticket Agent (uncredited) |
| Boris Karloff | Man Approaching Ticket Counter |
| Geneva Mitchell | Mrs. Kyne |
| Eric Wilton | Dwight’s Butler |
| Milton Wallace | Brewster’s Associate |
| Arnold Lucy | Banker |
| Mary Gordon | Charwoman |
| Tom Kennedy | Masseur |
| Frank Atkinson | Waiter at Party |
| Mike Lally | Man in Elevator (uncredited) |
| Edmund Mortimer | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hamilton | Policeman (Uncredited) |
| William Morris | Hamilton (Uncredited) |
| Purnell Pratt | Harrington Brewster |
| Dennis O'Keefe | Stock Brokerage Clerk (Uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Faith Baldwin | Novel |
| C. Gardner Sullivan | Adaptation |
| Edgar Selwyn | Director |
| Nathaniel Shilkret | Music |
| William H. Daniels | Cinematography |
| Tom Held | Editor |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
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