The Divorcee (1919 film)
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| Directed by | Herbert Blaché |
| Written by | June Mathis (scenario) Katharine Kavanaugh (scenario) |
| Based on | Lady Frederick 1907 play by W. Somerset Maugham |
| Produced by | Maxwell Karger |
| Starring | Ethel Barrymore E. J. Ratcliffe Holmes Herbert |
| Cinematography | George K. Hollister |
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| Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
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Running time | 5 reels; 4,400 feet (approximately 68 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Divorcee is a 1919 American society drama starring Ethel Barrymore in her last silent feature film. The film is based on a 1907 play, Lady Frederick by young Somerset Maugham, which had starred Barrymore on Broadway. The play was already quite dated when this film was made, but the actress was always comfortable with this kind of soap-operish melodramatic material. Herbert Blaché directed, and June Mathis wrote the scenario based on Maugham's play. The film was produced and distributed by the Metro Pictures company.
It is believed to be a lost film. The last known surviving copy was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire.