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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Sinclair Lewis (novel)
Sidney Howard (adaptation)
Release Date:
26 December 1931 (USA) more
Plot:
Based on Sinclair Lewis's novel "Arrowsmith". A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. more
User Comments:
This tragic tale is worth seeing more (22 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Ronald Colman | ... | Dr. Martin Arrowsmith | |
| Helen Hayes | ... | Leora Arrowsmith | |
| Richard Bennett | ... | Gustav Sondelius | |
| A.E. Anson | ... | Professor Max Gottlieb | |
| Clarence Brooks | ... | Oliver Marchand | |
| Alec B. Francis | ... | Twyford (as Alec Francis) | |
| Claude King | ... | Dr. Tubbs | |
| Bert Roach | ... | Bert Tozer | |
| Myrna Loy | ... | Mrs. Joyce Lanyon | |
| Russell Hopton | ... | Terry Wickett | |
| David Landau | ... | State Veterinarian | |
| Lumsden Hare | ... | Sir Robert Fairland - Governor |
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Runtime:
108 min | USA:99 min (TCM print)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved (PCA #1037, 5 July 1935 for re-release) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating)
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The first American sound film to feature a black character ("Dr. Oliver Marchand" played by Clarence Brooks) with a university degree who speaks perfect English, does not shuffle, and does not act in the usual stereotypical manner in which blacks were depicted in Hollywood films at the time. more
Quotes:
Dr. Martin Arrowsmith:
You've got to get used to hearing my ideas.
Leora Arrowsmith:
Oh! I'm gonna hear a lot of them?
Dr. Martin Arrowsmith:
You're going to marry me.
Leora Arrowsmith:
You don't tell me.
Dr. Martin Arrowsmith:
I certainly do.
Leora Arrowsmith:
Now, you know, I shouldn't wonder if you're right. Of course, it's a little early in the game to be dead sure, but I shouldn't wonder.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in That's Black Entertainment (1990) more
Soundtrack:
William Tell Overture more
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I am nearing 30 years old and just now beginning to appreciate old films. I absolutely loved Arrowsmith, cried through many scenes. I thought it was terribly romantic and tragic. I really liked the scene where he sees her scrubbing the floor and asks her out on a date. Then on the date he tells her that she is going to marry him and she pretends that she took him seriously (but seemed to be in shock that he was completely serious). Then throughout their married life it seems like one try after another with his career and then finally he decides to go back into scientific work with his old friend and mentor. Dr. Arrowsmith becomes so engrossed in his studies that he often neglects his wife, who is lonely and alone at home waiting for him. The ending, though tragic, is touching because of the last line that he says. It proves that he really deeply loved his wife...but you'll have to see this one to find out! It will be worth it to all you sappy romantics like me.