Watch the 1933 Hollywood Film Alimony Madness directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Helen Chandler, Leon Ames, Edward Earle. A man's wife is put on trial for the murder of his first wife.
...extravagance....wastefulness.....cold.....selfish.....separate bedrooms....$40,000 payoff - close to one million today...I hereby give this sordid film five stars not for the acting, which is good, nor for the setting, which is fine, nor for the dialogue, which is adequate....but for being the absolute nastiest commentary on the institution of marriage.
