I Want a Divorce

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I Want a Divorce

"A SLAP HAPPY COMEDY OF YOUNG LOVE!"

1940

1h 15m

10.0(1 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

Comedy about newlyweds wondering if their marriage was a mistake.

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17 members

Acting

Joan Blondell

Geraldine Brokaw

Acting

Dick Powell

Alan MacNally

Acting

Harry Davenport

Grandpa Brokaw

Acting

Conrad Nagel

David Holland Sr.

Acting

Gloria Dickson

Wanda Holland

Acting

Frank Fay

Jeff Gilman

Acting

Louise Beavers

Celestine

Acting

Jessie Ralph

Grandma Brokaw

Acting

Dorothy Burgess

Peppy Gilman

Acting

Sidney Blackmer

Erskine Brandon

Acting

Mickey Kuhn

David Holland Jr.

Acting

Harry Hayden

Buell

Acting

Roscoe Ates

Process Server

Acting

Byron Foulger

Secretary

Acting

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Porter

Acting

Bess Flowers

Helen Lakewood

Acting

Natalie Moorhead

Mrs. Tyrell

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