A Bill of Divorcement is a 1932
American Pre-Code drama film, directed by
George Cukor and starring
John Barrymore and
Katharine Hepburn in her screen debut. It is based on the British play of the same name, written by
Clemence Dane as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman divorcing her husband. It was the second adaptation of the play, having previously been made into a British silent film
A Bill of Divorcement in 1922.