Alimony Madness

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Alimony Madness
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Directed by B. Reeves Eason
Written by John T. Neville
Produced by Fanchon Royer
Starring Helen Chandler
Leon Ames
Edward Earle
Cinematography Ernest Miller
Edited by Jeanne Spencer
Production
company
Fanchon Royer Pictures
Distributed by Mayfair Pictures
Release date
  • April 1, 1933 (1933-04-01)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Alimony Madness is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Helen Chandler, Leon Ames, and Edward Earle. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.

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Plot

A man's greedy ex-wife who only married him for his money is receiving excessive sums in alimony from him. When his new wife, whom he met when she posed as the co-respondent for his divorce case, confronts him, the other woman ends up dead.

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References

  1. Pitts p. 329

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