Title: The Divorcee

Date: 1930
Type: Drama
Rating:

3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Robert Z Leonard
Producer:

Comment
When a couple are celebrating their third wedding anniversary she (Norma Shearer) discovers that he (Chester Morris) is having an affair with another woman. In response she has a one night affair and is shocked to find that her husband has double standards. To him his affair does not matter but hers does. This leads to divorcee and their lives go in different directions. This is an early talking film with a good performance from Norma Shearer. it is known now as a pre-code film that deals with sexuality and adultery from the woman's perspective and the double moral standards of the time.
Actors

Florence Eldridge
Helene Millard

Robert Elliott

Mary Doran
Tyler Brooke
Zelda Sears
Oscars
Won - Best Actress - Norma Shearer
Nomination - Best Picture
Nomination - Best Director - Robert Z Leonard