--- title: 'The Divorcee (1930)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Z. Leonard' released: '1930-01-01' runtime_minutes: 110 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-divorcee-1930' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020827/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Divorcee (1930) 1930 · 110 min · Drama, Romance · United States ## Synopsis The Divorcee is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It was written by Nick Grindé, Zelda Sears, and John Meehan, based on the 1929 novel Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott. At the 3rd Academy Awards, The Divorcee received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing (Meehan), and Norma Shearer won the award for Best Actress for her work on the film. As a film published in 1930, it entered the public domain on January 1, 2026. ## Credits - **Director:** [Robert Z. Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-z-leonard) - **Producer:** [Robert Z. Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-z-leonard), [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg) - **Screenplay:** [John Meehan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-meehan), [Nick Grinde](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-grinde), [Zelda Sears](https://cinepixo.com/people/zelda-sears) - **Original Music Composer:** [Jack Yellen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-yellen) - **Editor:** [Hugh Wynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-wynn) - **Director of Photography:** [Norbert Brodine](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-brodine) ## Cast - [Tyler Brooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyler-brooke) - [Chester Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/chester-morris) - [Conrad Nagel](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-nagel) - [Robert Montgomery](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-montgomery) - [Norma Shearer](https://cinepixo.com/people/norma-shearer) - [Florence Eldridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-eldridge) - [Mary Doran](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-doran) - [Robert Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-elliott) - [George Irving](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-irving) - [Carl Stockdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-stockdale) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-divorcee-1930 Film facts: Wikidata (Q917469); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.