The Divorcee (1930)
Her sin was no greater than his… but she was a woman.
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.
- Date of release
- 1930-04-19
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (66)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Robert Z. Leonard
Casting
- Norma Shearer — Jerry
- Chester Morris — Ted
- Conrad Nagel — Paul
- Robert Montgomery — Don
- Florence Eldridge — Helen
- Helene Millard — Mary
- Robert Elliott — Bill
- Mary Doran — Janice
- Tyler Brooke — Hank
- Zelda Sears — Hannah
- George Irving — Dr. Bernard
- Judith Wood — Dorothy
Interesting facts
- Based on: Ex-Wife
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 4. Including: Academy Award for Best Actress
The Divorcee is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It was written by Nick Grindé, Zelda Sears, and John Meehan, based on the 1929 novel Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott. At the 3rd Academy Awards, The Divorcee received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing (Meehan), and Norma Shearer won the award for Best Actress for her work on the film. As a film published in 1930, it entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.
Production
MGM production head Irving Thalberg bought the rights to Ex-Wife in the summer of 1929, his original choice for the lead role of Jerry being Joan Crawford. Norma Shearer, Thalberg's wife, originally was not in the running to play Jerry because it was believed that she did not have enough sex appeal.
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