Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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Dodsworth
Here is a picture that was marked for greatness before it was ever screened!
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
- Original title
- Dodsworth
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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Jun 19, 2022 · via TMDB
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 looking for what ever life (and wealth) can offer; him the more settled man who wants to get back to family, home and hearth. There are a few gentle twists to the story and the ending, I found to be somewhat vindicating. This has made the transition from stage to screen well; William Wyler has managed to lose much the rigidity theatrical cross-overs can present on the big screen, and there is a nice cameo from Maria Ouspenskaya towards the end that really does put a fly in the ointment.
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Walter Huston
Sam Dodsworth
Ruth Chatterton
Fran Dodsworth
Paul Lukas
Arnold Iselin
Mary Astor
Edith Cortright
David Niven
Captain Clyde Lockert
Gregory Gaye
Baron Kurt Von Obersdorf
Maria Ouspenskaya
Baroness Von Obersdorf
Odette Myrtil
Renée de Penable
Spring Byington
Matey Pearson
Harlan Briggs
Tubby Pearson
John Payne
Harry McKee
Bobby Barber
Italian Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ted Billings
Man on Railroad Platform (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Baggage Carrier at Train Station (uncredited)
Horace B. Carpenter
Motor Company Employee (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
American Express Clerk (uncredited)
Jean De Briac
Official (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta
Waiter (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
French Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
Inez Palange
Teresa (uncredited)
John Picorri
Clerk (uncredited)
Pat Somerset
Englishman (uncredited)
William Wyler
Violin Player in Dance Orchestra (uncredited)
John Barclay
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Rudolph Maté
Director of Photography
Robert Wyler
Additional Writing
William Wyler
Director
Daniel Mandell
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Samuel Goldwyn
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Alfred Newman
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Alfred Newman
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