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The Divorcee
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Overview

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6.9/10   783 votes
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Writers:
Ursula Parrott (novel)
Nick Grinde (treatment) ...
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Release Date:
19 April 1930 (USA) more
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A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All Talking Picture!
Plot:
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 3 nominations more
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Witty, heartbreaking, and surprising more (30 total)

Cast

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Norma Shearer ... Jerry Martin
Chester Morris ... Theodore 'Ted' Martin
Conrad Nagel ... Paul

Robert Montgomery ... Don
Florence Eldridge ... Helen Baldwin
Helene Millard ... Mary, Dot's sister
Robert Elliott ... Bill Baldwin
Mary Doran ... Janice Meredith
Tyler Brooke ... Hank
Zelda Sears ... Hannah, Jerry's maid

George Irving ... Dr. Bernard, Jerry's father
Judith Wood ... Dorothy 'Dot' (as Helen Johnson)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
84 min (copyright length) | USA:82 min (Turner library print)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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Shooting wrapped in only 22 days and surprisingly for MGM, there were no retakes. more
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Anachronisms: The beginning of the movie is 1925 shortly before Jerry's marriage, yet, "Singing in the Rain" is playing on the radio. The song was composed for Hollywood Music Box Revue in 1927 and really popularized in MGM's Hollywood Revue of 1929. more
Quotes:
Jerry Bernard Martin: What am I going to be doing while you're saving your first million?
Theodore 'Ted' Martin: Waiting for me.
Jerry Bernard Martin: [Giggles] Waiting isn't my idea of the king of indoor sports. I've no intention of waiting around for three or four years while you harvest an additional crop of wild oats.
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Featured in Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) more

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3 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Witty, heartbreaking, and surprising, 10 April 2007
Author: agent-too from Portland, OR

The Divorcée has much more to offer than the melodramatic plot may insinuate. Sparkling performances aside (including Norma Shearer's Oscar-winning turn), the film is full of witty dialogue, risqué subject matter, and a serious, adult look at divorce, not seen again for decades. The film not only showcases the largely-forgotten Shearer beautifully, an actress who continually pushed subject matter and fought for strong roles, but proves itself as a pivotal 1930's Hollywood product. The Divorcée is appreciable as a pre-code, and worth seeing for its unusually bold themes alone, but its surprising and often heartbreaking plot makes it an unusual gem.

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