Douglass Montgomery, Joan Crawford - Paid




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.


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , December 1930
Photoplay , January 1931
Photoplay , March 1931

Photoplay , March 1931

Books with substantial mentioning of Paid

James Robert Parish
Prison Pictures from Hollywood, Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 293 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Releases
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Lawrence J. Quirk
The Films of Joan Crawford
New York, 1968

Books with an entry on Paid

Larry Langman and Daniel Finn
A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1995