A Bill of Divorcement (1940 film)

A Bill of Divorcement
Directed by	John Farrow
Produced by	Robert Sisk
Screenplay by	Dalton Trumbo
Based on	A Bill of Divorcement; by Clemence Dane
Starring	Maureen O'Hara; Adolphe Menjou; Fay Bainter
Music by	Roy Webb
Cinematography	Nicholas Musuraca
Edited by	Harry Marker
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	May 31, 1940;
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Bill of Divorcement is a 1940 film directed by John Farrow. It was also known as Never to Love and was based on a 1921 British play of the same name, written by Clemence Dane that was filmed in 1932 with John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn.

Plot

Hilary Fairchild (Adolphe Menjou) returns home after a long spell in a lunatic asylum. He has regained his sanity, but finds that his strong-willed daughter Sydney (Maureen O’Hara ) has grown up and is planning to marry and his wife (Fay Bainter) has divorced him.

Cast

Maureen O'Hara as Sydney Fairchild
Adolphe Menjou as Hilary Fairchild
Fay Bainter as Margaret Fairchild
Herbert Marshall as Gray Meredith
Dame May Whitty as Hester Fairchild
Patric Knowles as John Storm
C. Aubrey Smith as Dr. Alliot
Ernest Cossart as Rev. Dr. Pumphrey
Kathryn Collier as Basset
Lauri Beatty as Susan

Production

The film was announced in November 1939 with the lead roles allocated to Adolphe Menjou and Maureen O'Hara. O'Hara had just moved to Hollywood with Charles Laughton and appeared in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Producer Robert Sisk and director John Farrow had made a number of films together including the popular Five Came Back (1939).[1] It was considered an "A" picture – Farrow and Sisk's first such movie at RKO.[2]

Filming started 2 December 1939.[3][4]

Reception

The film recorded a loss of $104,000.[5]

References

"SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD". New York Times. November 1, 1939. ProQuest 102790700.
Louella O. Parsons (November 1, 1939). "Close-Ups and Long-Shots Of the Motion Picture Scene". The Washington Post. ProQuest 151106620.
Schallert, E. (November 18, 1939). "DRAMA". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165040168.
Churchill, Douglas W. (November 23, 1939). "SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD". New York Times. ProQuest 102920596.
Jewell, Richard; Harbin, Vernon (1982). The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 148. ISBN 9780706412857.

External links

A Bill of Divorcement at IMDb
A Bill of Divorcement at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] "SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD". New York Times. November 1, 1939. ProQuest 102790700.

[2] Louella O. Parsons (November 1, 1939). "Close-Ups and Long-Shots Of the Motion Picture Scene". The Washington Post. ProQuest 151106620.

[3] Schallert, E. (November 18, 1939). "DRAMA". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165040168.

[4] Churchill, Douglas W. (November 23, 1939). "SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD". New York Times. ProQuest 102920596.

[rko-5] Jewell, Richard; Harbin, Vernon (1982). The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 148. ISBN 9780706412857.