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Divorce
Divorce
Directed by	William Nigh
Written by	Sidney Sutherland (story and screenplay); Harvey Gates (screenplay)
Produced by	Jeffrey Bernerd; Kay Francis ; Trem Carr
Starring	Kay Francis; Bruce Cabot; Helen Mack
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production; company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	August 18, 1945;
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Divorce is a 1945 American drama film directed by William Nigh and produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures. It stars Kay Francis, Bruce Cabot, and Helen Mack and follows the story of a woman who returns to her hometown after multiple divorces and becomes re-involved with a married childhood boyfriend.

Plot summary

Diane, a woman who has been married and divorced five times, returns to her small hometown where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the marriage of Bob, her childhood boyfriend.

Cast

Kay Francis as Diane Carter
Bruce Cabot as Bob Phillips
Helen Mack as Martha Phillips
Jerome Cowan as Jim Driscoll
Craig Reynolds as Bill Endicott
Ruth Lee as Liz Smith
Jean Fenwick as June Endicott
Mary Gordon as Ellen
Larry Olsen as Michael Phillips
Johnny Calkins as Robby Phillips
Jonathan Hale as Judge Conlon
Addison Richards as Plummer
Leonard Mudie as Harvey Hicks
Reid Kilpatrick as Dr. Andy Cole
Virginia Wave as Secretary

Reception

One New York State paper found it a “motion picture of unusual excellence, judged from any standpoint,” and continued: “Miss Francis, as the much-married divorcee of the story, is a poised, ruthless woman of the world and displays all the seductive artistry which long ago established her as a star of the first rank. Bruce Cabot is equally fine as a happily married man, a returned officer of the present war, who succumbs to the wiles of the predatory Miss Francis, and leaves his family for her. Helen Mack is outstanding as the deserted wife who fights for her rights, and others in the cast who do especially good work are Jerome Cowan, Craig Reynolds, Ruth Lee, Jean Fenwick, Mary Gordon, Jonathan Hale and Addison Richards, as well as two precocious child actors, Larry Olsen and Johnny Calkins.”^[1]