
A young couple quarrel and make-up and quarrel again and it is here where they determine to save the scandal of divorce by placing a white tape through the house to divide it into two parts, each section of which will be exclusively sacred to the other. In the meantime, an almost invisible Cupid hovers about trying to placate them and a little Mephisto with a pitchfork tries to prod the couple along to more troubles.

Bertie Badger Moyers
United States

The Anatomy of Discord: Revisiting 'Why Divorce?' and Its Enduring Charm There are films that merely narrate a story, and then there are those that dissect a universal human condition with such audacious originality that they transcend their era. Bertie Badger Moyers' 'Why Divorce?', a silent era gem...

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William A. Seiter

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" The Anatomy of Discord: Revisiting 'Why Divorce?' and Its Enduring Charm There are films that merely narrate a story, and then there are those that dissect a universal human condition with such audacious originality that they transcend their era. Bertie Badger Moyers' 'Why Divorce?', a silent era gem from 1919, unequivocally belongs to the latter category. It is not merely a cinematic artifact; it is a profound, albeit whimsically presented, psychological study of marital fric..."


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