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Dodsworth
Dodsworth is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor and David Niven. Sidney Howard based the screenplay on his 1934 stage adaptation of the 1929 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis. Huston reprised his stage role.
Plot
When president of Dodsworth Motors, Samuel "Sam" Dodsworth (Walter Huston) a successful, self-made man sells the company he founded 20 years earlier in Zenith, a small mid-western town, his banker and friend, warns that men like them are only happy when they are working. Sam talks of the extended trip to Europe he is taking with his wife Fran (Ruth Chatterton), who feels trapped by their dull social life.
Awards
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| author | Sidney Howard |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Production Design |
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | William Wyler |
| editor | Daniel Mandell |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | american express american express office biarritz bore carry on connect exotic locale grow apart john howard payne kathryn marlowe montreux naples return home samarkand self-made man sightsee social life trap vienna wed |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Samuel Goldwyn |
| productionCompany | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | dance |