Bought

Bought
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArchie Mayo
Written byAdaptation & dialogue:
Charles Kenyon
Raymond Griffith
Based onJackdaw's Strut
by Harriet Henry
StarringConstance Bennett
CinematographyRay June
Edited byGeorge Marks
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 22, 1931 (1931-08-22) (US)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$425,000[1]
Box office$777,000[1]

Bought is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film produced and released by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The movie stars Constance Bennett and features Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett and Dorothy Peterson. It is based on the 1930 novel Jackdaw's Strut by Harriet Henry.

Warner Bros. paid Bennett an all-time high salary of $30,000 a week for her work in this film.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 11 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ Hirschhorn, Clive. (1979) The Warner Bros. Story p.106 ISBN 0-517-53834-2
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference afi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).