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Dodsworth (1936)

NR 09/23/1936 Drama, Romance 1h 41m
71%
User
Score
7.7/10
91%

Here is a picture that was marked for greatness before it was ever screened!

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

Sidney Howard

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Sam Dodsworth

Ruth Chatterton

Ruth Chatterton

Fran Dodsworth

Paul Lukas

Paul Lukas

Arnold Iselin

Mary Astor

Mary Astor

Edith Cortright

David Niven

David Niven

Captain Clyde Lockert

Gregory Gaye

Gregory Gaye

Baron Kurt Von Obersdorf

Maria Ouspenskaya

Maria Ouspenskaya

Baroness Von Obersdorf

Odette Myrtil

Odette Myrtil

Renée de Penable

Spring Byington

Spring Byington

Matey Pearson

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 19, 2022

The title of this doesn't help it much: it sounds like it ought to be about a butler in a grand old English stately home but Walter Huston ("Sam") is superb, as the millionaire motor car industrialist who sells his company and sets off with wife "Fran" (Ruth Chatteron) to "do" Europe. Even on the boat, where she meets the rather suave, dapper David Niven ("Capt. Lockert") it starts to become clear that their marriage, though on the face of it loving, is not strong. When they get to Paris and she meets Paul Lukas ("Iselin") that becomes even more evident and soon "Sam" is doing all he can to keep the wife he loves from divorcing him. This is quite a slow burn of a story; but it isn't dull. The rapport between the two stars is tenderly and honestly performed; she the slightly younger woman l...

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