Possessed (1931 film)

For the 1947 film starring Joan Crawford and Van Heflin, see Possessed (1947 film).

Possessed
Directed byClarence Brown
Screenplay byLenore J. Coffee
Based onThe Mirage
1920 play
by Edgar Selwyn
Produced byClarence Brown
Harry Rapf
Irving Thalberg
StarringJoan Crawford
Clark Gable
Wallace Ford
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Edited byWilliam LeVanway
Music byWilliam Axt
Charles Maxwell
Joseph Meyer
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 21, 1931 (1931-11-21)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$378,000[1]
Box office$1.52 million [1]

Possessed is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown, starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is the story of Marian Martin, a factory worker who rises to the top as the mistress of a wealthy attorney. The screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee was adapted from the 1920 Broadway play The Mirage by Edgar Selwyn. Possessed was the third of eight film collaborations between Crawford and Gable.

  1. ^ a b The E. J. Mannix Ledger. Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1962. OCLC 801258228.