I Want a Divorce

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.

I Want a Divorce
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Ralph Murphy
Written by	Frank Butler
Produced by	George M. Arthur
Starring	Joan Blondell Dick Powell
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by	LeRoy Stone
Music by	Victor Young
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 20, 1940 (1940-09-20)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

• 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

• I Want a Divorce at IMDb