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Children of Divorce is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Clara Bow, Esther Ralston, and Gary Cooper. Adapted from the 1927 novel of the same name by Owen Johnson, and written by Louis D. Lighton, Hope Loring, Alfred Hustwick, and Adela Rogers St. Johns, the film is about a young flapper who tricks her wealthy friend into marrying her during a night of drunken revelry. Even though she knows that he is in love with another woman, she refuses to grant him a divorce and repeat the mistake of her divorced parents. Produced by Jesse L. Lasky, E. Lloyd Sheldon, and Adolph Zukor for the Famous Players-Lasky, the film was released on April 25, 1927 by Paramount Pictures.
Original Release
04/25/1927
US Release
04/25/1927
Cast
Name | Character |
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Clara Bow | Kitty Flanders |
Esther Ralston | Jean Waddington |
Gary Cooper | Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee |
Einar Hanson | Prince Ludovico de Saxe |
Norman Trevor | Duke Henri de Goncourt |
Hedda Hopper | Katherine Flanders |
Edward Martindel | Tom Larrabee |
Julia Swayne Gordon | Princess De Saxe |
Tom Ricketts | The Secretary |
Albert Gran | Mr. Seymour |
Directors
Frank Lloyd, Josef von Sternberg
Writers
Owen Johnson, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton, Alfred Hustwick
Cast
Name | Character |
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Clara Bow | Kitty Flanders |
Esther Ralston | Jean Waddington |
Gary Cooper | Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee |
Einar Hanson | Prince Ludovico de Saxe |
Norman Trevor | Duke Henri de Goncourt |
Hedda Hopper | Katherine Flanders |
Edward Martindel | Tom Larrabee |
Julia Swayne Gordon | Princess De Saxe |
Tom Ricketts | The Secretary |
Albert Gran | Mr. Seymour |
Iris Stuart | Mousie |
Margaret Campbell | Mother Superior |
Percy Williams | Manning |
Joyce Coad | Little Kitty |
Yvonne Pelletier | Little Jean |
Marion Feducha | Little Ted |
Bill Elliott | Party Guest |
Mary Louise Miller | Kitty's Daughter |
Don Marion | Little Ted |
Producers
Name | Role |
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B.P. Schulberg | Producer |
Adolph Zukor | Producer |
E. Lloyd Sheldon | Producer |
Jesse L. Lasky | Producer |