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Dodsworth
Directed by	William Wyler
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn Merritt Hulburd
Written by	Sinclair Lewis (novel) Sidney Howard (screenplay)
Starring	Walter Huston Ruth Chatterton Paul Lukas Mary Astor
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Rudolph Maté
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	September 23, 1936
Running time	101 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Dodsworth is a satiric novel written by American novelist Sinclair Lewis, published in 1929. The popular novel was adapted by Sidney Howard into a play in 1934 starring Walter Huston and Fay Bainter. Image File history File links Derived from public domain images featured at: http://commons. ... Image File history File links 266585. ... William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director. ... Samuel Goldwyn (July 1882 (some sources say 17 August 1882, others 1879 [1]) – 31 January 1974) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning producer, also a well-known Hollywood motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ... Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 — January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. ... Sidney Coe Howard, born June 26, 1891 in Oakland, California, United States – died August 23, 1939 in Tyringham, Massachusetts, was a playwright and screenwriter who became the first person to win both a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award. ... Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born American actor. ... Ruth Chatterton Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1893 - November 24, 1961) was an American actress. ... Paul Lukas (May 26, 1887 - August 15, 1971) was a Hungarian actor. ... Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... Rudolph Maté (January 21, 1898 - October 27, 1964) was an accomplished cinematographer and film director. ... This article is about the film studio. ... is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 — January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. ... See also: 1928 in literature, other events of 1929, 1930 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Sidney Coe Howard, born June 26, 1891 in Oakland, California, United States – died August 23, 1939 in Tyringham, Massachusetts, was a playwright and screenwriter who became the first person to win both a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born American actor. ... Fay Bainter (December 7, 1891 – April 16, 1968) was an American actress. ...

Plot Summary

Samuel Dodsworth is an ambitious and innovative automobile designer, who builds his fortunes in Zenith, Winnemac. In addition to his success in the business world, he had also succeeded as a young man in winning the hand of Fran Voelker, a beautiful young socialite. While the book provides the courtship as a backstory, the real novel begins upon his retirement. At the age of fifty and facing retirement due to his selling of his successful automobile company (The Revelation Motor Company) to a far larger competitor, he sets out to do what he had always wanted to experience: a leisurely trip to Europe with his wife. His forty-one year old wife, however, motivated by her own vanity and fear of lost youth, is dissatisfied with married life and small town Zenith, wants to live in Europe permanently as an ex-patriate, not just visit for a few months to allow Dodsworth to visit some manufacturing plants looking for his next challenge. Passing up advancement in his recently sold company, Dodsworth leaves for Europe with Fran but her motivations to get to Europe become quickly known. Winnemac is a fictional state in the United States invented by writer Sinclair Lewis. ...

Soon, both Sam and Fran are caught up in vastly different lifestyles. Fran falls in with a crowd of frivolous socialites while Sam plays more of an independent tourist and eventually meets Edith Cortright, a woman who is everything his wife is not: self-assured, self-confident, and able to take care of herself. As they follow their own pursuits, their marriage is strained to the breaking point. Both Sam and Fran are forced to choose between marriage and the new lifestyles they have pursued. Fran is clearly Lewis' target here while Sam ambles along as a stranger in a strange land until the epiphany of getting on with his life hits him in the last act. Sam Dodsworth is a rare Lewis character: a man of true conviction and purpose. This purpose and conviction is relied on significantly as the book (and film) concludes with the two main characters going in quite different directions.

The Film

In 1936, the story was adapted for the screen by Howard with Huston continuing in the lead role of Dodsworth. William Wyler directed the film with supporting performances by Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor, and Maria Ouspenskaya. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and acting nominations for Walter Huston and Maria Ouspenskaya. Richard Day won the award for Best Art Direction. For his role, Huston won the year's Best Actor award from the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. In 1990, Dodsworth was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Fifteen years later, Time.com named it one of the 100 best movies of the last 80 years. See also: 1935 in film 1936 1937 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon September 28 - The Marx Brothers Harpo Marx marries actress Susan Fleming Top grossing films in North America Red River Valley Academy Awards Best Picture: The Great... William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director. ... Ruth Chatterton Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1893 - November 24, 1961) was an American actress. ... Paul Lukas (May 26, 1887 - August 15, 1971) was a Hungarian actor. ... Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Maria Ouspenskaya (July 29, 1876 - December 3, 1949) was a Russian born actress who achieved success as an stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an elderly woman in Hollywood films. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born American actor. ... Maria Ouspenskaya (July 29, 1876 - December 3, 1949) was a Russian born actress who achieved success as an stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an elderly woman in Hollywood films. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ... New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications. ... The year 1990 in film involved some significant events. ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...

Cast

• Walter Huston as Sam Dodsworth
• Ruth Chatterton as Fran Dodsworth
• Paul Lukas as Arnold Iselin
• Mary Astor as Mrs. Edith Cortright
• Kathryn Marlowe as Emily Dodsworth McKee
• David Niven as Captain Clyde Lockert
• Gregory Gaye as Baron Kurt Von Obersdorf
• Maria Ouspenskaya as Baroness Von Obersdorf
• Spring Byington as Matey Pearson

Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born American actor. ... Ruth Chatterton Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1893 - November 24, 1961) was an American actress. ... Paul Lukas (May 26, 1887 - August 15, 1971) was a Hungarian actor. ... Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Maria Ouspenskaya (July 29, 1876 - December 3, 1949) was a Russian born actress who achieved success as an stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an elderly woman in Hollywood films. ... Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an Oscar-nominated American actress. ...

Academy Awards

Won

• Best Art Direction (Richard Day)

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Nominated

• Best Leading Actor (Walter Huston)
• Best Supporting Actress (Maria Ouspenskaya)
• Best Director (William Wyler)
• Best Picture (Samuel Goldwyn and Merritt Hulburd)
• Best Sound, Recording (Oscar Lagerstrom)
• Best Writing, Screenplay (Sidney Howard)

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External links

• Free Text Reading of Dodsworth: compliments of Project Gutenberg-Australia
• Dodsworth at the Internet Movie Database
• Classic Film Guide review