''Let's Get a Divorce'' is a 1918 American silent

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starring Billie Burke and written for the screen by husband and wife team John Emerson and Anita Loos. The film was produced by the Famous Players–Lasky company and distributed through

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. The film is based on the popular stage play '' Divorçons'' by

Victorien Sardou Victorien Sardou ( , ; 5 September 1831 – 8 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-c ...

and

Émile de Najac Comte Émile de Najac (December 1828 – 11 April 1889) was a French librettist. He was a prolific writer during the Second Empire (France), Second Empire and early part of the Third Republic (France), Third Republic, supplying plays and opéra co ...

Plot

As described in a

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, Cyprienne Marcey (Burke), who eats, dreams, and writes romance, picks out Henri (Miltern), the brother of her roommate, as the object of her affections. Following their spectacular elopement, Henri's attempt to return to writing is a jolt to her romantic temperament. Seeing in Henri's cousin Adhemar (Kaliz) the soul of romance, she asks Henri for a divorce so that she might marry Adhemar. Henri agrees, but once the clandestine aspect of her love affair with Adhemar is removed, it soon palls on her. On the night before the day set for her divorce she persuades her husband to take her to dinner and away from Adhemar. When the latter breaks into their private dining room with the police, he is denounced by Cyprienne who emphatically states that Henri, her husband, is the only man she ever loved.

Cast

* Billie Burke as Madame Cyprienne Marcey * John Miltern as Henri de Prunelles * Pinna Nesbit as Yvonne de Prunelles * Armand Kaliz as Adhemar * Rod La Rocque as Chauffeur * Helen Tracy as Mother Superior * John Merkyl as Calvignac (credited as Wilmuth Merkyl) * Cesare Gravina as Head Waiter

Preservation status

''Let's Get a Divorce'' is considered to be a

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.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Let's Get a Divorce''
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