
The Divorcee(1930)
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.


A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.

John Barrymore
Hilary Fairfield

Billie Burke
Meg Fairfield

David Manners
Kit Humphreys

Katharine Hepburn
Sydney Fairfield

Paul Cavanagh
Gray Meredith

Henry Stephenson
Doctor Alliot
Gayle Evers
Bassett

Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Hester Fairfield

Bramwell Fletcher
Gareth
Dick French
Party Guest
A Bill of Divorcement is a drama film released in 1932 exploring themes of insanity, lunatic asylum, divorce, inherited disease, pre-code, father daughter relationship. Directed by George Cukor, it stars John Barrymore, Billie Burke, David Manners. A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
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