I Want a Divorce

I Want a Divorce

Theatrical Poster
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Produced by George M. Arthur
Written by Frank Butler
Starring Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Music by Victor Young
Cinematography Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by LeRoy Stone
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
September 20, 1940
Running time
75 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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.

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.

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