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Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961) was an American stage, film, and television actress, aviator and novelist. She was at her most popular in the early to mid-1930s, and in the same era gained prominence as an aviator, one of the few female pilots in the United States at the time. In the late 1930s, Chatterton retired from ...
- Ralph Forbes
In the United States he appeared onstage opposite actress...
- The Lady of Scandal
The Lady of Scandal is a 1930 American pre-Code...
- Female (1933 film)
Female is a 1933 Warner Bros. pre-Code film directed by...
- Ralph Forbes
Ruth Chatterton. Actress: Dodsworth. Beginning as a chorus girl at age 14, Ruth Chatterton became a Broadway star with "Daddy Long Legs" in 1914. She appeared in such shows as "Mary Rose" and "Come Out of the Kitchen" before moving to Hollywood in 1925.
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- November 24, 1961
Female is a 1933 Warner Bros. pre-Code film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Ruth Chatterton and George Brent. It is based on the 1933 novel of the same name by Donald Henderson Clarke.
Ruth Chatterton. Actress: Dodsworth. Beginning as a chorus girl at age 14, Ruth Chatterton became a Broadway star with "Daddy Long Legs" in 1914. She appeared in such shows as "Mary Rose" and "Come Out of the Kitchen" before moving to Hollywood in 1925.
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When president of Dodsworth Motors, Samuel "Sam" Dodsworth (Walter Huston) a successful, self-made man sells the company he founded 20 years earlier in Zenith, a small mid-western town, his banker and friend, warns that men like them are only happy when they are working. Sam talks of the extended trip to Europe he is taking with his wife Fran (Ruth...
Walter Huston appeared in the 1934 Broadway production, which co-starred Fay Bainteras Fran. Billed in the cast as "John Howard Payne", John Paynemade his first film appearance, portraying Dodsworth's son-in-law Harry and launching a screen career that lasted more than four decades. The film was in production during Mary Astor's bitter divorce proc...
Frank S. Nugent, writing for The New York Timesin September 1936, described the film as "admirable", and added that director Wyler "has had the skill to execute it in cinematic terms, and a gifted cast has been able to bring the whole alive to our complete satisfaction ... The film version has done more than justice to Mr. Howard's play, converting...
At the Academy Awards, the film was nominated for seven awards, winning one. Wins 1. Best Art Direction: Richard Day Nominations 1. Outstanding Production: Samuel Goldwyn Productions 2. Best Director: William Wyler 3. Best Actor: Walter Huston 4. Actress in a Supporting Role: Maria Ouspenskaya 5. Best Sound Recording: Thomas T. Moulton 6. Best Writ...
Tibbetts, John C., and James M. Welsh, eds. The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film(2nd ed. 2005) p 103.
Dodsworth at IMDbDodsworth at Rotten TomatoesDodsworth at the American Film Institute CatalogDodsworth at the TCM Movie DatabaseAmerican actress, best known for her performance in Dodsworth. Born on December 24, 1893, in New York City; died in Redding, Connecticut, on November 24, 1961; daughter of an architect; married Ralph Forbes (a British actor), in 1924 (divorced 1932); married George Brent (an actor), in 1932 (divorced 1934); married Barry Thomson (an actor), in ...
Madame X is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lionel Barrymore and starring Ruth Chatterton as a fallen woman who longs to be reunited with her son. The film is based on the 1908 play Madame X by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848-1912).
