A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film)

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A Bill of Divorcement
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Directed by	George Cukor
Written by	Howard Estabrook Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Based on	A Bill of Divorcement by Clemence Dane
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Starring	John Barrymore Billie Burke Katharine Hepburn David Manners
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Edited by	Arthur Roberts
Music by	Max Steiner
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	September 30, 1932 (1932-09-30) (U.S.)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$250,000[1]
Box office	$531,000[1]

A Bill of Divorcement is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn in her film debut. It is based on the 1921 British play of the same name, written by Clemence Dane as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman to divorce her husband.^[2] It was the second screen adaptation of the play; the first was a 1922 British silent film also titled A Bill of Divorcement. The film was made again in 1940 by RKO Pictures.