Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-18 | Page 8 | Divorce Film at Paramount

Divorce Fi Film At Paramount Artfully combining the correct proportions of ot comedy and d drama ama I 1 Want a Divorce featuring Joan Blondell and Dick Powell opened Thursday at the Paramount thea thea- ter Joan an and and l Dick who are a happily married c couple uple in real life are seen as a pair of young people who are thrown together strangely enough I by the divorce of Joans Joan's sister a arole arole arole role played by Gloria Dickson The natured good-natured narrative lopes along at a smart pace and it is the natural order of things that they sh should uld get married Connubial Connubial Connubial Connu Connu- bial bliss is just that so far as they are concerned until Dick who works at being a young underpaid lawyer finds he can make a alot lot of money at being a divorce lawyer Wife Joan does not approve of her husbands husband's nd's method of earning a living because of her sisters sister's unhappy unhappy unhappy un un- un- un happy divorce and it is this situation situation situation situa situa- tion that leads to a dramatic con con- elusion