A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
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Title: Dodsworth (1936)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| 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 (as Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya) | |
| Odette Myrtil | ... | Renée de Penable | |
| Spring Byington | ... | Matey Pearson | |
| Harlan Briggs | ... | Tubby Pearson | |
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Kathryn Marlowe | ... | Emily Dodsworth McKee |
| John Payne | ... | Harry McKee (as John Howard Payne) | |
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A bittersweet tale of the increasing estrangement of a retired automobile tycoon and his wife. Increasingly obsessed with maintaining an appearance of youth, she falls in with a crowd of frivolous socialites during their "second honeymoon" European vacation. He, in turn, meets a woman who is everything she is not: self-assured, self-confident, and able to take care of herself. Written by Sonya Roberts <sonya_roberts@geocities.com>
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character name as title | surname as title | middle age | reconciliation | divorce |Taglines:
A WOMAN'S PASSIONS Emotionally UNDRESSED See more »Parents Guide:
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Secretary: [offscreen] Mr. Dodsworth?
Sam Dodsworth: Yes.
Secretary: The men are ready.
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(uncredited)
Written by Claude Debussy
Heard when Fran burns Sam's letter
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MGM considered a remake in the mid-1950s with Gregory Peck in the title role, Elizabeth Taylor as the wife and Grace Kelly as Edith with Julius J. Epstein doing the adaptation. They were not able to schedule the three and plans were abandoned. See more »Goofs
Arnold's position changes when he lights the cigarette while Fran reads the letter. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Secretary: [offscreen] Mr. Dodsworth?
Sam Dodsworth: Yes.
Secretary: The men are ready.
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Alternate Versions
The 1946 re-release, shown on the Turner Classic Movies channel, lists the end credits with a different order: Kathryn Marlowe is listed after Harlan Briggs, and John Payne is listed last, after Marlowe. See more »Soundtracks
La fille aux cheveux de lin(uncredited)
Written by Claude Debussy
Heard when Fran burns Sam's letter
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Country:
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23 September 1936 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dodsworth See more »Filming Locations:
Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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It's impossible to do justice to this work, which chronicles the complex breakdown of a long and successful marriage that cannot adjust to new challenges. Unlike many movies of the 1930s with high production values and a feel for old, glamorous Hollywood, the drama remains focused and disciplined. Aside from its subtle analysis of the end of a relationship, the movie does a superb job of contrasting the differences between the new, powerful go-getter culture of 20th-Century America and the more restrained, skeptical traditions of Old Europe. The movie in some ways represents a dialogue between these two cultures, which at time clash, most poignantly when an old Austrian baroness speaks frankly to the wife of an American industrialist. A great overlooked classic.