Dodsworth

1936

Action / Drama / Music / Romance

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 91% · 23 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 11224 11.2K

husband wife relationship soulmates snob retirement industrialist drifting

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Plot summary

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

Director

William Wyler Photo
William Wyler

Top cast

Gino Corrado Photo
Gino Corrado as American Express Clerk
Ruth Chatterton Photo
Ruth Chatterton as Fran Dodsworth
Gregory Gaye Photo
Gregory Gaye as Kurt Von Obersdorf
Louis Mercier Photo
Louis Mercier as French Railroad Conductor
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932.48 MB
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English 2.0
TV-PG
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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1.69 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
TV-PG
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 18

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

The title of this doesn't help it much

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.
Reviewed by Piltdown_Man 8 / 10

One of the great ones...

This is truly a remarkable movie.

It is staged beautifully. Acted superbly. And the directing, shooting and cutting is nearly flawless.

Certain scenes stay with me most vividly...

  • Mary Astor warning Ruth Chatterton off of Paul Lucas with nothing more than a brief line and a quick look.


  • Huston and Chatterton undressing while their marriage starts to crumble.


  • Huston getting the wire from Europe, just after being so much of a blowhard with his family.


  • Walter Huston connecting with Mary Astor in Italy.


It is a movie that could not, would not be made today. There is no violence, no overt sex. It is, as other posters have noted, an adult movie, made for the sensibilities of adults.

And Mary Astor is just radiant and beautiful throughout...

MMG

Reviewed by walrus-5 9 / 10

They don't make such adult films anymore.

If you're tired of the actual Hollywood teenager productions, you have a chance to see some maturity watching "Dodsworth". The relationship of the Dodsworths are amazingly realistic, and the wonderful performances by Walter Huston and Ruth Chatterton only improve the reality of the situation. He is amazing as a retired middle-aged industrialist and she is faultless as his futile, snob and frustrated wife. This film also got me some extra points because of Mary Astor, at the highest point of her beauty. It's masterly directed by William Wyler, and the cinematography is wonderful. One of the greatest films from the first decade of the sounded films.

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