A Bill of Divorcement
A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
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Title: A Bill of Divorcement Summary: A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way they were when he left. Directed by: George Cukor. Actors: John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures Release Date: 30 September 1932 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 Color: Black and White After spending fifteen years in an asylum, Hilary Fairfield escapes from the institution after regaining his sanity. He finds that things at home are different than when he left them. His wife has divorced him and is already planning her next marriage, and his daughter has grown up throughout the years and is planning to marry as well.
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- Director
- George Cukor
- Starring
- John Barrymore, Billie Burke, David Manners, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Cavanagh, Henry Stephenson, Gayle Evers, Elizabeth Patterson
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