I Want a Divorce
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Director Ralph Murphy Music director Victor Young Duration Language English | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Cinematography Ted Tetzlaff Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 20, 1940 Writer Frank Butler (screenplay), Adela Rogers St. Johns (based on a story by) Cast Joan Blondell (Geraldine Brokaw), Dick Powell (Alan MacNally), Harry Davenport (Grandpa Brokaw), Conrad Nagel (David Holland Sr.), Gloria Dickson (Wanda Holland), Frank Fay (Jeff Gilman)Similar movies Runner Runner , The Gamblers , Rounders , Mississippi Grind , Hard Eight , Redirected Tagline A SLAP HAPPY COMEDY OF YOUNG LOVE! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I Want a Divorce is a 1940 Paramount film directed by Ralph Murphy. The screenplay was written by Frank Butler (based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns). The film starred then-married actors Joan Blondell and Dick Powell, who would later divorce in real life. Co-star Gloria Dickson and director Murphy were also later married to one another and divorced.
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Plot
Alan and Geraldine MacNally are a married couple, who are doubting if they did the right thing by marrying each other. Meanwhile, David and Wanda Holland are in the final stages of their divorce. It so happens Alan is the attorney who arranges their divorce. This makes him and Geraldine fall even further apart. Everything changes when Wanda commits suicide after she loses custody of her son. The MacNallys then start thinking about what is really important to them.
Cast
Production
Blondell and Powell were actually married offscreen from 1936 to 1944.
References
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