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Dodsworth
starring: Mary Astor, John Barclay, Harlan Briggs, Spring Byington, Horace B. Carpenter

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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792844594
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0792844599
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: April 04, 2000
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 32411
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 1936

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One of the finest films of the 1930s, this classic Samuel Goldwyn production was based upon the hit Broadway play written by Sidney Howard, which had in turn been adapted from the 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis. Ahead of its time in dramatizing the disintegration of a marriage, the story centers on the title character (superbly played by Walter Huston, who originated his role onstage), a wealthy automobile manufacturer whose wife (Ruth Chatterton, in her final American film role) desperately craves an aristocratic lifestyle in Europe. Dodsworth indulges her fancies to a degree, but their clashing desires--compounded by her affair with a European baron and his affection for a sympathetic widow (Mary Astor)--create further tension and mutual rancor. Dodsworth was perhaps the first Hollywood drama of the sound era that maturely addressed the complexity of a failing marriage and impending divorce, made especially compelling since Dodsworth is such an admirable and upstanding character who means well and upholds the ideal of marital commitment. Sharply directed by William Wyler, the film is as relevant today as it was when released in 1936. --Jeff Shannon

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- Dodsworth Movie Review from The Massie Twins
Dodsworth is one of those rare monumental movies that strike an emotional chord with audiences by focusing on delicate subject matter way ahead of its time. It is a masterful examination of love and romance being affected by both aging and differences in age and a heavy-hitting reflection on second chances and preserving youth, all conducted in tear-jerking seriousness. Amazing performances, unforgettable moments and sensational music make Dodsworth one of the greatest romantic dramas of all time.

After 20 years of both marriage and success as a great industrialist, Samuel Dodsworth (Walter Huston) sells off Dodsworth Motors and plans to make a new life in retirement, learning how to enjoy leisure. He's thrilled to take a cruise to Europe with his wife Fran (Chatterton) who is chiefly concerned with staying young and preserving her ideals of youth. Sam is easily entertained with the friendly people ... Read More

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- Dodsworth
This is a mature hollywood film with lots of talking. Action junkies would not like it. It's about mid life crisis. A rather unsophisticated husband and his wife who seeks glamour and sophistication. I found myself cheering for Dodsworth at the end.

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- FORGOTTEN CLASSIC
Loosely interpreted version of Sinclair Lewis' best novel (arguably) springs to life on the screen as a Hollywood classic, seldom seen or mentioned anymore. Huston plays Sam Dodsworth, a bought out American businessman with plenty of time, money, and a wife with whom he's been going through the motions for years. A trip to Europe finds Mrs. Dodsworth on the hunt, first with a young David Niven, later with a young Frenchman ( Kurt), whom she's going to marry after a quick divorce in Vienna. Sam reacquaints himself, quite by accident,to Edith ( Mary Astor), a widowed American living in Southern Europe. This duo falls in love, but when Kurt's mother refuses to have her young son married to an older Mrs. Dodsworth (Chatterton), the cagey wife postpones the divorce and agrees to meet Sam to sail back to America. What follows, you'll have to see for yourself. Take it from this reviewer, the final 3 minutes are worth the ... Read More

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- Amazon has the wrong name for the main male lead
Where on earth did you get "John Barkley"? Amazon should enlarge and look at it's own pictured product. They will see Walter Huston who plays the main character "Dodsworth" magnific
ently. Any movie lover should be familiar with his name if only because John Huston is his son. He directed his own father in the much loved classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". He plays the old geezer who almost steals the show from Humphrey Bogart which is quite a feat. Dodsworth is one of his many outstanding performances, which he played on Broadway before the movie.

It is unexcusable not to credit him, and I will not buy this product from Amazon until it gets its information straight. The main stars of this great and very appealing even now movie are Huston, Mary Astor, Ruth
Chatterton and Paul Lukas, and it was directed by William Wyler. It is a superbly acted and unusually mature must see for any ... Read More

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