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The Divorce of Lady X
Movie poster
Directed byTim Whelan
Written byGilbert Wakefield (play)
Lajos Biró (adaptation)
Ian Dalrymple(scenario)
Produced byAlexander Korda
StarringLaurence Olivier
Merle Oberon
Binnie Barnes
Ralph Richardson
CinematographyHarry Stradling
Edited byL.J.W. Stokvis
Music byMiklós Rózsa
Lionel Salter
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
15 January 1938 (1938-01-15)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[1]

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.

Plot

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).

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