The Divorce of Lady X
Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client. Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a barrister who falls in love with Leslie (playe…
The Divorce of Lady X
Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client. Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a barrister who falls in love with Leslie (played by Merle Oberon), the woman he thinks his client will soon be divorcing. —H. A. Lakatos <lakatos@mail.utexas.edu> Fogbound in a hotel, Leslie Steele tricks handsome, cynical divorce lawyer Everard Logan into sharing his suite. She lets him think she's married. The next day, Lord Mere, whose thrice- divorced wife spent the night with a man in the same hotel, comes to Logan for a divorce. Leslie delightedly teases Logan with her imaginary scandalous past, while fascinating him irresistably. Then she joins forces with the real Lady Mere. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
The Divorce of Lady X
Comedy,Drama,Romance
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Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client. Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a barrister who falls in love with Leslie (played by Merle Oberon), the woman he thinks his client will soon be divorcing. —H.
A. Lakatos <lakatos@mail.utexas.edu> Fogbound in a hotel, Leslie Steele tricks handsome, cynical divorce lawyer Everard Logan into sharing his suite. She lets him think she's married.
The next day, Lord Mere, whose thrice- divorced wife spent the night with a man in the same hotel, comes to Logan for a divorce. Leslie delightedly teases Logan with her imaginary scandalous past, while fascinating him irresistably. Then she joins forces with the real Lady Mere.
—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>.