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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 .
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.
Dodsworth is a satirical novel by American writer Sinclair Lewis, first published by Harcourt Brace & Company on March 14, 1929. Its subject, the differences between US and European intellect, manners, and morals, is one that frequently appears in the works of Henry James.
When Sam Dodsworth (Walter Huston), the head of a car company, embarks on a vacation in Europe with his youth-obsessed wife, Fran (Ruth Chatterton), the couple find themselves...
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Automobile tycoon Sam Dodsworth sells his business and heads to Europe with his younger free-spirit of a wife. As both their eyes are oepned by the supposedly romantic second honeymoon, they gradually become estranged in this surprisingly painful movie that was Sight and Sound's pick as Best Movie of the 30's.
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life. 437 IMDb 7.7 1 h 41 min 1936. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Romance · Touching · Campy. Watch with a free Prime trial.
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May 1, 2020 · 2 views 3 years ago. One of the best (and forgotten) films of the 1930s - nominated for multiple Oscars and one of the top box office grossing films of 1936. It is WAY ahead of its...
Dodsworth (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Americans Are Always Such Snobs Newly retired American auto magnate Samuel Dodsworth (Walter Huston, title character) and wife (Ruth Chatterton) have just set sail for Europe, their attitudes not in synch, meeting English Locket (David Niven), in William Wyler's film from the Sinclar Lewis novel, Dodsworth, 1936.
A remarkably mature movie, full of keen insights, savory dialogue ("Love has got to stop someplace short of suicide"), and intuitive performances. Dodsworth (1936) is famed German-born director William Wyler's classic romantic drama from Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and distributed by United Artists.
