Dodsworth (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Walter Huston
Sam Dodsworth
Ruth Chatterton
Fran Dodsworth
Paul Lukas
Arnold Iselin
Mary Astor
Edith Cortright
David Niven
Captain Lockert
Gregory Gaye
Kurt Von Obersdorf
Maria Ouspenskaya
Baroness Von Obersdorf
Odette Myrtil
Renée de Penable
Robert Wyler
Writer
Spring Byington
Matey Pearson
Kathryn Marlowe
Emily Dodsworth McKee
Harlan Briggs
Tubby Pearson
John Payne
Harry McKee
William Wyler
Director
Sinclair Lewis
Writer
Bobby Barber
Italian Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Sidney Howard
Writer
Wilson Benge
Steward on Queen Mary (Uncredited)
Ted Billings
Man on Railroad Platform (Uncredited)
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Eugene Borden
Baggage Carrier at Train Station (Uncredited)
Rudolph Maté
Cinematographer
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Horace B. Carpenter
Motor Company Employee (Uncredited)
Gino Corrado
American Express Clerk (Uncredited)
Jean De Briac
Official (Uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Tourist (Uncredited)
Jack George
Orchestra Leader in Vienna (Uncredited)
Fred Malatesta
Waiter (Uncredited)
Beatrice Maude
Mary (Uncredited)
Louis Mercier
French Railroad Conductor (Uncredited)
Inez Palange
Teresa (Uncredited)
John Picorri
Clerk (Uncredited)
Pat Somerset
Englishman (Uncredited)
Sam Harris
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
John Barclay
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
J.C. Fowler
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
Harold Miller
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
George Nardelli
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Richard Day
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 23, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States
Genres
Wiki.
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. Huston reprised his stage role.
The center of the film is a study of a marriage in crisis. Recently retired auto magnate Samuel Dodsworth and his narcissistic wife Fran, while on a grand European tour, discover that they want very different things out of life, straining their marriage.
The film was critically praised and nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Huston, and Best Director for Wyler (the first of his record twelve nominations in that category), and won for Best Art Direction. In 1990, Dodsworth was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation. Dodsworth was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies in 1997 and 2007.