Divorce Made Easy is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Neal Burns and Walter Graham and written by Alfred A. Cohn, Wilson Collison and Garrett Graham. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Marie Prevost, Johnny Arthur, Frances Lee, Dot Farley and Jack Duffy. The film was released on July 6, 1929, by Paramount Pictures.
Through a series of confusions, Dudley Ainsworth (Douglas MacLean) is required to travel on a passener ship to Brazil, posing as tha American consul to a South American country. O the ship, he meets Margarita Carrosa (Patsy Ruth Miller) and becomes embroiled in a conspiracy involving Margarita and thieves planning to steal gold from the American consulate in Rio de Janeiro. Upon arrival in Brazil, Margarita is taken hostage by the thieves, and Ainsworth sends word to the U. S. Navy before rushing to an estate where Margarita is being held captive. Ainsworth captures the thieves and rescues the girl. The navy Admiral (Eric Mayne) arrives with the real Yankee consul to reveal that the entire set of events was a prank played on Ainsworth by his friends.