I Want a Divorce
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{{Infobox film
| name = I Want a Divorce
| image = IWantaDivorce.jpg
| caption = Theatrical Poster
| writer = Frank Butler
| starring = Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
| director = Ralph Murphy
| producer = George M. Arthur
| music = Victor Young
| cinematography = Ted Tetzlaff
| editing = LeRoy Stone
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1940|09|20}}
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
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.
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. {{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
Cast
- Joan Blondell – Geraldine MacNally (née Brokaw)
- Dick Powell – Alan MacNally
- Gloria Dickson – Wanda Holland
- Frank Fay – Jeff Gilman
- Jessie Ralph – Grandma Brokaw
- Harry Davenport – Grandpa Brokaw
- Conrad Nagel – David Holland, Sr.
- Dorothy Burgess – Peppy Gilman
- Sidney Blackmer – Erskine Brandon
- Louise Beavers – Celestine
- Mickey Kuhn – David Holland, Jr.
Production
Blondell and Powell were actually married offscreen from 1936 to 1944.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0032619|title=I Want a Divorce}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Films scored by Victor Young
Category:Films directed by Ralph Murphy
Category:Films based on works by Adela Rogers St. Johns
Category:1940s English-language films
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