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Dodsworth: Directed by William Wyler. With Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor. A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
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- Drama, Romance
- William Wyler
- 1936-09-23
Dodsworth is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor and David Niven. Sidney Howard based the screenplay on his 1934 stage adaptation of the 1929 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis .
With a realistic and complex depiction of the crumbling relationship, the drama pushed the limits of the restrictive Production Code at the time with a frank depiction of marital infidelities (off-screen mostly), the couple's inevitable breakup, and his association with another woman named Edith.
Overview. A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life. William Wyler. Director. Sinclair Lewis. Novel. Sidney Howard. Screenplay. Reviews. Written by CinemaSerf on June 19, 2022.
Dodsworth (1936) is famed German-born director William Wyler's classic romantic drama from Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and distributed by United Artists. Scriptwriter Sidney Howard wrote the screenplay based upon his 1934 stage adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1929 novel of the same name.
May 31, 2020 · Dodsworth (1936): The Subtle Power of Cinema. Sam Dodsworth (Walter Huston), a self-made millionaire, has decided to retire, sell his company and, at the insistence of his wife, Fran (Ruth Chatterton), take a trip to Europe.
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Dec 3, 2021 · However, when Kurt’s mother (Maria Ouspenskaya, in a devastating scene) rejects his request to marry because Fran is too old to bear him children, Fran has no choice except to return to Sam and the United States. But it’s too late. Sam has been in contact with, and fallen in love with, Edith.
