Skyscraper Souls

July. 16,1932      NR
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Skyscraper Souls is a Pre-Code 1932 drama film starring Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film was directed by Edgar Selwyn and is based upon the novel Skycraper by Faith Baldwin. The film depicts the aspirations and lives of several people in the Seacoast National Bank Building. Among them is David Dwight, the womanizing bank owner who keeps his estranged wife happy by paying her bills. His secretary Sarah wants him to get a divorce so they can marry.

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

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