The Divorcee
Released - April, 1930 
Directed By - Robert Z. Leonard
Starring – Norma Shearer (Jerry Bernard Martin), Chester Morris (Theodore “Ted” Martin), Conrad Nagel (Paul), Robert Montgomery (Don).
The Divorcee
Description - Newspaperman Ted Martin is an unfaithful husband to his wife Jerry. On their third anniversary Jerry learns of her husbands ongoing affair with another woman.
Ted tells his wife that his fling does not mean a thing and that before their marriage they had agreed on a liberal attitude. Angry and hurt, Jerry sets out to even the score by having her own affair with Ted’s best friend.
This double infidelity can only create a lose, lose situation for the both of them and they soon end up divorced. However, the infidelities may teach them both a lesson.
NOTABLE: Four Oscar nominations in all, with Norma Shearer winning for best actress. The other nominations include Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing.
Norma Shearer, normally playing very ladylike roles, wanted this role to help change her too proper image. To convince the MGM producers that she could play a more “sexy” role she posed for suggestive photographs wearing lingerie. After viewing the pictures, producer Irving Thalberg gave her the role for which she won an Oscar.
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