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The Divorce Racket

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The Divorce Racket
Lobby card
Directed byAubrey Scotto
Written byJames W. Poling
Produced byE.H. Goldstein
StarringJames Rennie
Olive Borden
Judith Wood
CinematographyWilliam Miller
Frank Zucker
Edited byEdna Hill
Production
company
Paradise Pictures
Distributed byIdeal Pictures
Release date
  • December 3, 1932 (1932-12-03)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Divorce Racket is a 1932 American crime drama film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring James Rennie, Olive Borden and Judith Wood. It is now considered to be a lost film.[1] It was produced by the independent Poverty Row studio Paradise Pictures and was given a re-release by Ideal Pictures in 1935.[2] In Britain it was distributed under the alternative title The Girl in the Cab.

Plot

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When a crooked lawyer is found murdered, his secretary is implicated in the case. The investigating detective is in love with her and tries to clear her name.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Vogel p.189
  2. ^ Pitts p.177-78

Bibliography

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  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
  • Vogel, Michelle. Olive Borden: The Life and Films of Hollywood's "Joy Girl". McFarland, 2010.
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