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The Divorcee is a 1930 American drama and romantic comedy film from the Pre-Code Hollywood era, directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Leonard and Irving Thalberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel and Robert Montgomery, with a screenplay by John Meehan, Nick Grinde and Zelda Sears, cinematography by Norbert Brodine, music by Jack Yellen, production design by Cedric Gibbons and costumes by Adrian.
Shot in black-and-white on a budget of $340,691 and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, the film won the Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for Best Director and Best Picture. It is recognised in the Academy Award Best Actress collection.
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Film · TMDB
6.2When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.
Cast
- Norma Shearer as Jerry
- Chester Morris as Ted
- Conrad Nagel as Paul
- Robert Montgomery as Don
- Florence Eldridge as Helen
- Helene Millard as Mary
Themes
- new year's eve
- infidelity
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- double moral standard
- wedding
- divorce
- extramarital affair
- pre-code
- ex-husband ex-wife relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
3,768 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
- Year
- 1930
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Passed
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Robert Z. Leonard
- Screenwriter
- Zelda Sears
- Cast member
- Tyler Brooke
- Composer
- Jack Yellen
- Producer
- Irving Thalberg
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Norbert Brodine
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 734852
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Zelda Sears-Norma Shearer in The Divorcee.png
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- publication date
- 1930-01-01
- title
- The Divorcee
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Adrian
- Commons category
- The Divorcee
- review score
- 78%
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