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Skyscraper Souls

5.6 99 mins Drama   Romance   1932
Cosmopolitan Productions   Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  
Director(s): Edgar Selwyn

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.

Casts of Skyscraper Souls

Warren William

as David Dwight

Maureen O'Sullivan

as Lynn Harding

Gregory Ratoff

as Mr. Vinmont

Anita Page

as Jenny LeGrande

Norman Foster

as Tom Shepherd

Verree Teasdale

as Sarah Dennis

George Barbier

as Norton

Jean Hersholt

as Jake

Wallace Ford

as Slim

Hedda Hopper

as Ella Dwight

Helen Coburn

as Myra

John Marston

as Bill

Oscar Apfel

as Brewster's Associate (uncredited)

Edward Brophy

as Man in Elevator (uncredited)

Billy Gilbert

as Second Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Boris Karloff

as Man Approaching Ticket Counter

Geneva Mitchell

as Mrs. Kyne

Eric Wilton

as Dwight’s Butler

Milton Wallace

as Brewster’s Associate

Arnold Lucy

as Banker

Mary Gordon

as Charwoman

Tom Kennedy

as Masseur

Frank Atkinson

as Waiter at Party

Mike Lally

as Man in Elevator (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Policeman (Uncredited)

William Morris

as Hamilton (Uncredited)

Purnell Pratt

as Harrington Brewster

Dennis O'Keefe

as Stock Brokerage Clerk (Uncredited)

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