Review of The Divorcee (1930) by Cindy I — 09 Mar 2008
A good early vehicle for Norma Shearer. She normally played good girls, but she talked her husband, movie mogul Irving Thalberg, into letting her play this saucy role. It won her an Oscar. On their 3rd anniversary, a woman finds out that her husband has been unfaithful.
He says it "meant nothing", but when she evens the score by sleeping with his best friend, the husband calls her a tramp and leaves her (double standard, anyone?) She then takes on a number of lovers while all the time wanting her husband back.
Kinda of a sappy ending, but a well-done movie, with a racy theme in the years before the Production Code was enforced.
This review of The Divorcee (1930) was written by Cindy I on 09 Mar 2008.
The Divorcee has generally received positive reviews.
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