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78% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 62% Audience Score 500+ Ratings After three years of marriage, Ted (Chester Morris) has an affair that threatens to destroy his happiness with wife Jerry (Norma Shearer...
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The Divorcee: Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel, Robert Montgomery. When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.
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To the sound of a braying donkey, Paul notes, “That could be Ted.”Jerry and Ted clearly have a healthy sex life even before they start cheating on one another.Shearer’s portrayal of a good woman with a healthy sexual appetite who is not condemned for pursuing either in or out of marriage was revolutionary at the time.The amount of drinking in this film is ‘practically every scene’.The Divorcee is often listed as one of the most important and scintillating films of pre-Code Hollywood, usually to the confusion of many who actually watch it. It’s a 1930 movie no doubt, coming only a few years after the first part-talkie and less than that after the first all-talking picture. Filmmakers will still learning when and how to apply ...
The review above is actually an updated review I wrote in March of 2015. The old one from 2010 was not very good, so I’ll go ahead and spare you from it.
This film is available on Amazon as part of the second Forbidden Hollywood collection, along with A Free Soul, Night Nurse, Three on a Match, and Female.This 1930 MGM film tells the story of a happily married couple, whose marriage crumbles under the taint of infidelity. Norma Shearer portrayed Jerry Martin, a happily married New York socialite, who discovers that her husband, Ted (Chester Morris), had a drunken one night stand with some blowsy woman.
May 23, 2019 · The Divorcee was one of the most famous movies of the pre-Code period, and one constantly pointed as an example of how the industry had to walk backwards after censorship started. The story is very simple, but it presents some layers into the subjects of marriage and sex equality.
The Divorcee is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film written by Nick Grindé, John Meehan, and Zelda Sears, based on the 1929 novel Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
The Divorcee Reviews. Famous for its raciness and bluntly realistic honesty... Full Review | Aug 26, 2023. A movie about, essentially, the perils of revenge sex (for women, at least). Full...
