The Divorce of Lady X: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson (1938 Movie)
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org The Divorce of Lady X is a 1938 British romantic comedy film made by London Films and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Tim Whelan and produced by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Ian Dalrymple and Arthur Wimperis, adapted by Lajos Biró from the play Counsel’s Opinion by Gilbert Wakefield. The music score was by Miklós Rózsa and Lionel Salter and the cinematography by Harry Stradling. The film stars Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson and Binnie Barnes. The film was made in Technicolor. It was a remake of the 1933 film, Counsel’s Opinion, also made by London Films and in which Binnie Barnes appeared in the role played by Merle Oberon. Leslie Steele (Merle Oberon), a guest at a costume party is forced to stay overnight in a hotel because of a particularly bad London fog. As there are no rooms available, Steele talks her way into sharing a suite with Everard Logan (Laurence Olivier), a handsome but somewhat stiff lawyer. They spend the night together, quite chastely, but Logan becomes convinced that Leslie must be married. His conviction is confirmed when an old school friend, Lord Mere (Ralph Richardson) arrives and asks Everard to represent him in a divorce case against his wife, Lady Claire (Binnie Barnes). Cast Merle Oberon as Leslie Steele Laurence Olivier as Everard Logan Binnie Barnes as Lady Claire Mere Ralph Richardson as Lord Mere Morton Selten as Lord Steele JH Roberts as Slade Gertrude …
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June 11th, 2011 at 12:02 am
This is a good movie. I saw it a few years ago.
June 14th, 2011 at 2:02 am
This is a wonderful movie, one of my favourites
July 2nd, 2011 at 4:24 pm
thanks so much for this. So hard to find a decent print of this movie anywhere. Diddnt realise it till i sawe a stunning print on TV.
July 5th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
I love Larry Olivier when he does comedy. Thanks so much!
July 13th, 2011 at 8:16 am
Been looking for this movie ever since I saw it on TCM two years ago. Thank you so much for posting this
July 14th, 2011 at 4:49 am
That’s kinda funny because it was on today!
August 20th, 2011 at 7:36 am
I’m surprised he didn’t spank her when he found out the truth lol. Love this movie. Thank you! :o)
August 29th, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Lovely film, thank you so much for uploading it!
September 19th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
She’s so awful to him! I don’t know why she keeps it up. Great movie, thanks for uplodaing!
October 16th, 2011 at 11:39 am
wonderful film, one of my favourites, I think Merle Oberon is divine and Laurence Olivier is gorgeous!Many thanks for posting!
November 10th, 2011 at 7:17 pm
absolutly good
thanxxx alot
January 4th, 2012 at 3:54 am
xD i am the only kid here that probably watched this xD
January 29th, 2012 at 10:56 pm
Wonderful. I love the bit between Lord Mere & Logan, when Mere is presenting his case to Logan…. hilarious! Olivier and Richardson are terrific. One can forget how good Olivier was at comedy. However, one can never forget how bloody gorgeous he was…*sigh*…!
February 3rd, 2012 at 7:09 pm
58:00
February 12th, 2012 at 9:06 am
Laurence Olivier was a perfectly good lay.
March 3rd, 2012 at 12:32 pm
I love Larry’s “Yes, I am!”
March 3rd, 2012 at 12:33 pm
I mean his “Yes, I have!” when he’s hand a tiring journey
March 3rd, 2012 at 1:36 pm
He’s hilarious! I love it!
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March 12th, 2012 at 1:22 pm
wasted my time ;(
March 12th, 2012 at 6:46 pm
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March 25th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Lmao…oh gotta watch this till the end…liked the part he said…”i’ve seen many knockers before” oh dear….
March 27th, 2012 at 4:12 am
Que guapo Laurence Olivier!!. Me hubiese gustado haberlo visto en más comedias.