Dodsworth

Dodsworth1936

Director: William Wyler
Stars: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor, Kathryn Marlowe
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 101 minutes

One of the finest films of the 1930s, this classic Samuel Goldwyn production was based upon the hit Broadway play written by Sidney Howard, which had in turn been adapted from the 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis. Ahead of its time in dramatizing the di… more »



Sam:
You've lived abroad. What's it like?

Edith:
That depends on what one's after, as you would say.

Sam:
When a man has no more job and his wife wants a fling there are worse things than travel. It wouldn't do for me though. No, not long, it wouldn't. For a steady thing, give me America. For Americans, that is.

Edith:
Drifting isn't nearly so pleasant as it looks.

Sam:
Why don't you give it up?

Edith:
One drifts for lack of a reason to do anything else.

Sam:
Well, what do you want?

Edith:
What do you suppose any lone woman wants?

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