Everything about A Bill Of Divorcement totally explained
A Bill of Divorcement is a
British play written by
Clemence Dane that debuted in 1921 in
London. Dane wrote it as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman divorcing her husband.
It was made into a British
silent film in
1922, and into
American movies in
1932 and
1940. The most well-known treatment was the 1932 movie, which was acting legend
Katharine Hepburn's film debut.
Plot
In the 1932 film,
John Barrymore played a man who had long been institutionalized in an insane asylum. His wife had been set to divorce him to marry another, but he escaped from the asylum and returned home, child-like and docile. Hepburn, who played their daughter, takes care of him.
Reception
The film today is dated for its attitude toward gender relationships and mental illness, but even modern film critics praise the warm rapport between Hepburn and Barrymore.
Production
The film was produced by
David O. Selznick and
George Cukor, who had disagreed about casting Hepburn. Cukor had seen Hepburn’s
screen test and was impressed by the 24-year-old, but Selznick didn't like the way she looked and was afraid she wouldn't be well-received by audiences. Cukor cast her anyway (beginning what would be a lifelong professional and personal relationship between the two), and Hepburn was declared "a new star on the cinema horizon" by
The Hollywood Reporter.
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