We will be showing Lies’ film choice: The Divorcee (Robert Z. Leonard, 1930) 83 mins

Based on Ursula Parrott’s autobiographical novel Ex-Wife (which was so controversial its title was deliberately not featured in the film’s credits),The Divorcée helped redefine the concept of the “woman’s film” in the pre-Code era. Starring Norma Shearer in a role she would reprise in a number of similar movies, it tells the story of a young, married woman who becomes a divorcée when she decides to test the “single standard” – and finds it lacking.