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A Bill of Divorcement is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn in her film debut. It is based on the 1921 British play of the same name, written by Clemence Dane as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman to divorce her husband.
A Bill of Divorcement: Directed by George Cukor. With John Barrymore, Billie Burke, Katharine Hepburn, David Manners. A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum.
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- Drama
- George Cukor
- 1932-09-30
Oct 11, 2015 · 1932. Title: A Bill of Divorcement. Summary: A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way they were when he left. Directed by: George Cukor. Actors: John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke. Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures. Release Date: 30 September 1932 (USA)
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A Bill of Divorcement was the second of three films based on a play by Clarence Dane. The first was a 1922 silent film. The first was a 1922 silent film. RKO later remade it in 1940 with Adolphe Menjou and Maureen O'Hara.
- George Cukor, Dewey Starkey
- John Barrymore
The original play opened in London on 14 March 1921. Katharine Hepburn 's first film. read more facts about A Bill of Divorcement... A Bill of Divorcement (1932) - Directed by George Cukor, produced by David O. Selznick and starring John Barrymore, Billie Burke, David Manners, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Cavanagh, Henry Stephenson, Gayle Evers ...
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- David O. Selznick (executive)
- George Cukor
- Drama, Silent Films
George Cukor. Director. Howard Estabrook. Screenplay. Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Screenplay. Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in an asylum with his sanity restored. But he is disturbed to find that everything has changed: his daughter grown and about to marry; his wife divorced and also about to marry.
The film's attitude towards male-female relationships, not to mention its archaic approach to the problem of mental illness, make Bill of Divorcement a chore to sit through today. Its saving grace is the warm rapport between Katharine Hepburn and John Barrymore (contrary to Hollywood legend, they did not despise one another).
