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I Want a Divorce is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ralph Murphy released in USA on 20 september 1940 with Joan Blondell

I Want a Divorce (1940)

I Want a Divorce
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Released in USA 20 september 1940
Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating60% 3.002733.002733.002733.002733.00273

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.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Joan Blondell

(Geraldine Brokaw)Dick Powell

(Alan MacNally)Gloria Dickson

(Wanda Holland)Frank Fay

(Jeff Gilman)Jessie Ralph

(Grandma Brokaw)
And :
Harry Davenport
Conrad Nagel
Dorothy Burgess
Sidney Blackmer
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