Movies:
The Divorce of Lady X
- Rating:
- Genre: Comedy
- Movie Type: Comedy of Errors, Farce
- Themes: Unrequited Love
- Director: Tim Whelan
- Main Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson, Morton Selten
- Release Year: 1938
- Country: UK
- Run Time: 92 minutes
Plot
Filmed in lavish Technicolor and given Tiffany production values by producer Alexander Korda, the British comedy Divorce of Lady X is at base a trivial little farce, buoyed by the sprightly performances of star Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier. Ms. Oberon plays a costume-party guest who is forced to stay in a hotel overnight due to inclement weather. There are no rooms available, so the management prevails upon handsome but stuffy lawyer Olivier to give up half of his suite to the lovely Oberon. After a chaste evening together, Olivier becomes obsessed with Oberon, deducing that her elusiveness is due to the "fact" that she is married. Actually, she is nothing of the kind, but when an old school chum (Ralph Richardson) comes to Olivier's office to arrange for a divorce, Olivier jumps to the conclusion that Oberon is his old friend's soon-to-be "ex". Based on Gilbert Wakefield's play Counsel's Opinion, Divorce of Lady X has become a familiar presence on cable TV because of its public domain status; less familiar is an earlier movie version of the Wakefield play, filmed in 1932 by director Allan Dwan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideCast
- Merle Oberon - Leslie Steele
- Laurence Olivier - Everard Logan
- Binnie Barnes - Lady Mere
- Ralph Richardson - Lord Mere
- Morton Selten - Lord Steele
Gus McNaughton - Waiter; Gertrude Musgrove - Saunders; Hal Gordon - Taxidriver; Edward Lexy - Peters; Hugh McDermott; Eva Moore - Lady; Eileen Peel - Mrs. Johnson; John H. Roberts - Slade; C. Denier Warren - Clerk; Lewis Gilbert - Tom; H.B. Hallam
