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Bookmark this pageA Bill of Divorcement (1932)
Director: George Cukor
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Skilfully canned version of Clemence Dane's terribly dated problem play about a shellshocked WWI veteran (possibly suffering from hereditary insanity) who returns from the asylum after 15 years to find his wife planning divorce and his daughter a stranger. Full of strangled sentiments and easy options, with a rather too carefully studied performance by Barrymore. But fascinating to see Hepburn's raw-boned talent already at work in her first film, and Cukor already responding to it. Remade in 1940 with Adolphe Menjou and Maureen O'Hara.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: George Cukor
Producer: David O Selznick
Cast: John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke, David Manners, Henry Stephenson, Elizabeth Patterson full cast
Duration: 75 mins
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