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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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- Romance, Drama
- Robert Z. Leonard
- 1930-04-19
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 film was also nominated for Best Picture, and won Best Actress for its star Norma Shearer.
- Robert Z. Leonard
- Ex-Wife, 1929 novel, by Ursula Parrott
Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women. [5] She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward , Eugene O'Neill , and William Shakespeare , [6] and was the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee ...
The Divorcee (1930) was the one that almost got away for Norma Shearer. As the wife of MGM's director of production, Irving G. Thalberg, she pretty much had a lock on any strong female role that ended up on the production roster.
- Robert Z. Leonard
- Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer. Actress: The Divorcee. She won a beauty contest at age fourteen. In 1920 her mother, Edith Shearer, took Norma and her sister Athole Shearer (Mrs. Howard Hawks) to New York. Ziegfeld rejected her for his "Follies," but she got work as an extra in several movies. She spent much money on eye doctor's services trying to correct her ...
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- Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Feb 17, 2016 · The Divorcee is a high water mark for early talking pictures, a fine job at grappling the new medium with wit and verve. The scandalous subject matter being portrayed by high class MGM with good-girl star Norma Shearer at the center is icing on the cake, a foray that makes the unseemly respectable and challenges the audience not to sympathize.
Rated: 3/5 • Jun 20, 2004. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. After three years of marriage, Ted (Chester Morris) has an affair that threatens to destroy his happiness with wife Jerry (Norma Shearer ...
