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H. M. Pulham, Esq. is a 1941 American drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, and Ruth Hussey. Based on the novel H. M. Pulham, Esq. by John P. Marquand, the film is about a middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, but who still remembers the ...
H.M. Pulham, Esq.: Directed by King Vidor. With Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, Charles Coburn. A man who lived his life as he was advised to do, not how he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young woman.
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- Drama, Romance
- King Vidor
- 1941-12-18
Fortysomething, blue blooded, Boston born and bred, Harvard educated businessman Harry Pulham leads a regimented, routinized life with his wife, the former Kay Motford, whom he's known since childhood.
H.M. Pulham, Esq. brought Vidor some of his best reviews since his silent classics. It also won praise for Young and Charles Coburn, who played his father, with both named among the best actors of the year by the National Board of Review.
- King Vidor, Walter Strohm
- Hedy Lamarr
H. M. Pulham, Esq. takes Harry beyond the aftermath of the war, through the Twenties and Thirties, up to the 30th anniversary of his Harvard class.
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- Paperback
- John P. Marquand
Businessman Harry Pulham (Robert Young) is frustrated that his long marriage with Kay (Ruth Hussey) has grown tedious. While organizing a college reunion, Pulham reminisces about...
- Romance
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A neglected film in a neglected career, King Vidor’s H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) follows the mid-life crisis of a New England blueblood toward a surprisingly frank analysis of the fabled pursuit of happiness.
