This is such a pleasure for a cinema lover. It has delights at every turn. First, it is Katherine Hepburn's screen debut. She is as good here as she is in almost every film she ever did. Only here, she is younger and maybe even more beautiful than in her other films. John Barrymore is at the height of his incredible acting career and maybe not as great as in Svengali or Topaze or Twentieth Century, (the material isn't that strong)but he is still intense and exciting to watch. Some people have criticized Billie Burke for her melodramatic performance, but one should consider that her husband, Broadway producer Flo Zeigfeld, died during the making of the film. You can tell that it was terrible for her doing such a difficult role at this moment in her life. For this reason I found her performance quite touching. Finally, this was George Cukor's ninth film and it is as smooth as any of his later films. If you are a movie fan, don't miss it.
Review of A Bill of Divorcement
