A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

Synopsis: Katharine Hepburn makes a powerful screen debut in A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT as the young Sydney Fairfield, a woman whose world is transformed when a stranger arrives in her life. John Barrymore gives... Katharine Hepburn makes a powerful screen debut in A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT as the young Sydney Fairfield, a woman whose world is transformed when a stranger arrives in her life. John Barrymore gives a stunning, nuanced performance as her father, Hilary Fairfield, who, confined for years in a mental institution, finally escapes and returns to his wife and daughter. Arriving just after his wife has filed for divorce, Hilary upsets the balance established in his absence yet also lays the groundwork for an emotional drama in which the renewal of the father-daughter bond drives the story. Barrymore is at his finest, and Hepburn's onscreen magnetism rendered her an instant sensation; she would continue to work with director Cukor in many of his subsequent films. A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT is based on the play by Clemence Dane, which draws from Henrik Ibsen's GHOSTS. [More]

Starring: Katharine Hepburn, John Barrymore, Billie Burke, David Manners

Starring: Katharine Hepburn, John Barrymore, Billie Burke, David Manners, Paul Cavanagh, Elizabeth Patterson

Director: George Cukor

Director: George Cukor

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