The Divorce of lady X

United Kingdom, 1938

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This is a delightful and light romantic comedy starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon. A thick fog in London forces those at a fancy dress ball to remain overnight at the hotel where the ball is being held. As there is a room shortage the charming and lovely Leslie Steel (Oberon) is forced to share a room with the irritable and handsome lawyer Evarard Logan (Olivier). The lawyer assumes that the mysterious and yet unnamed character is married. The following day an accusing Lord Mee (Ralph Richardson) talks of his wife spending the night in a man’s room. Smitten and bewildered Everard Logan is forced to think of the consequences believing that he might know the clients of a divorce case that he is working on better than he thought! This easy going yet sophisticated comedy is well performed and enjoyable.

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Credits

director

Tim Wheelan

producer

Alexander Korda

production company

United Artists Corporation

Duration

01:26:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1938

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

318725

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q2142723

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