- Children of Divorce
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Children of Divorce 
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Josef von Sternberg (uncredited)Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
B. P. SchulbergWritten by Owen Johnson (novel) Starring Clara Bow
Esther Ralston
Gary Cooper
Einar HansonCinematography Victor Milner Editing by E. Lloyd Sheldon Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date(s) April 25, 1927 Running time 70 min. Country 
United StatesLanguage Silent film
English intertitlesChildren of Divorce (1927) is a silent film, directed by Frank Lloyd from an adaptation of Owen Johnson's novel, written by Adela Rogers St. Johns, Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton.
Plot
Kitty, Jean and Ted are all children of divorce. The two girls are left in a convent school by their mothers and Ted's upbringing is sketchy at best. When the three of them grow up, Ted falls in love with Jean. Kitty loves Vico, an impoverished prince, but she refuses to marry him because her mother, Katherine, has drilled into her the necessity of marrying for money. So Kitty sets her sights on the wealthy Ted, even though Jean is her friend. After a night of drunken revelry, Ted wakes up to find he and Kitty are married. Even though he is desperately unhappy, Jean doesn't want their parents' mistake repeated and refuses to allow him to seek a divorce so that he can marry her. A few years later, things have gotten much worse for Kitty and Ted. Although they have a baby, it does nothing for the marriage and Ted does everything he can to avoid his unwanted wife. Then Kitty finds out that, for religious reasons, Vico can never marry a divorced woman. Since she can see no other way out, she poisons herself so that Ted and Jean can be together.
Cast
- Clara Bow as Kitty Flanders
- Esther Ralston as Jean Waddington
- Gary Cooper as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
- Einar Hanson as Prince Ludovico de Saxe
- Norman Trevor as Duke Henri de Goncourt
- Hedda Hopper as Katherine Flanders
- Edward Martindel as Tom Larrabee
- Julia Swayne Gordon as Princess de Saxe
- Tom Ricketts as The Secretary
- Albert Gran as Mr. Seymour
- Iris Stuart as Mousie
- Margaret Campbell as Mother Superior
- Percy Williams as Manning
- Joyce Coad as Little Kitty
- Yvonne Pelletier as Little Jean
External links
The films of Frank Lloyd 1910s To Redeem a Value • 10,000 Dollars • The Gentleman from Indiana • Jane • The Reform Candidate • The Tongues of Men • The Call of the Cumberlands • Madame la Presidente • The Code of Marcia Gray • David Garrick • The Making of Maddalena • An International Marriage • The Stronger Love • The Intrigue • Sins of Her Parent • The World and the Woman (with Eugene Moore) • The Kingdom of Love • The Price of Silence • A Tale of Two Cities • American Methods • When a Man Sees Red • Les Misérables • The Heart of a Lion • The Blindness of Divorce • True Blue • Riders of the Purple Sage • His Extra Bit • The Rainbow Trail • For Freedom • The Man Hunter • Pitfalls of a Big City • The World and Its Woman • The Loves of Letty1920s The Woman in Room 13 • The Silver Horde • Madame X • The Great Lover • A Tale of Two Worlds • Roads of Destiny • A Voice in the Dark • The Invisible Power • The Grim Comedian • The Man from Lost River • The Eternal Flame • The Sin Flood • Oliver Twist • The Voice from the Minaret • Within the Law • Ashes of Vengeance • Black Oxen • The Sea Hawk • The Silent Watcher • Her Husband's Secret • Winds of Chance • The Splendid Road • The Wise Guy • The Eagle of the Sea • Children of Divorce • Adoration • Weary River • The Divine Lady • Drag • Dark Streets • Young Nowheres1930s Son of the Gods • The Way of All Men • The Lash • The Right of Way • East Lynne • The Age for Love • A Passport to Hell • Cavalcade • Berkeley Square • Hoop-La • Servants' Entrance • Mutiny on the Bounty • Under Two Flags • Maid of Salem • Wells Fargo • If I Were King • Rulers of the Sea1940s The Howards of Virginia • This Woman Is Mine • The Lady from Cheyenne • Forever and a Day • Blood on the Sun1950s The Shanghai Story • The Last CommandProductions Categories:- Silent film stubs
- 1927 films
- Silent films
- Black-and-white films
- Films based on novels
- American films
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