A Royal Divorce (1923 film)

1923 film

A Royal Divorce

Directed by	Alexander Butler
Written by	Walter Summers
Based on	A Royal Divorce by C.C. Collingham
Produced by	G.B. Samuelson S.W. Smith
Starring	Gwylim Evans Gertrude McCoy Lillian Hall-Davis
Production company	Napoleon Films
Distributed by	Napoleon Films
Release date	January 1923 (1923-01)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

A Royal Divorce is a 1923 British silent historical drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Gwylim Evans, Gertrude McCoy and Lillian Hall-Davis. It was based on a play by C.C. Collingham and depicts the romantic relationship and political divorce between Napoleon and his wife Josephine. It reportedly did well at the box office when released in the United States, possibly reflecting the strategy of casting an American star McCoy in a leading role. It was remade as a sound film, A Royal Divorce, in 1938.

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v t e The films of Alexander Butler
The Valley of Fear (1916) The Girl Who Loves a Soldier (1916) Just a Girl (1916) Nursie! Nursie! (1916) A Pair of Spectacles (1916) A Fair Impostor (1916) The Sorrows of Satan (1917) Little Women (1917) The Disappearance of the Judge (1919) The Beetle (1919) Damaged Goods (1919) The Lamp of Destiny (1919) The Odds Against Her (1919) The Ugly Duckling (1920) Love in the Wilderness (1920) David and Jonathan (1920) Her Story (1920) The Night Riders (1920) For Her Father's Sake (1921) Married Love (1923) The Knockout (1923) Should a Doctor Tell? (1923) A Royal Divorce (1923)

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