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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305082354
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 6305082359
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 29, 1998
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 129297
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 1936
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
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 disintegration of a marriage, the story centers on the title character (superbly played by Walter Huston, who originated his role onstage), a wealthy automobile manufacturer whose wife (Ruth Chatterton, in her final American film role) desperately craves an aristocratic lifestyle in Europe. Dodsworth indulges her fancies to a degree, but their clashing desires--compounded by her affair with a European baron and his affection for a sympathetic widow (Mary Astor)--create further tension and mutual rancor. Dodsworth was perhaps the first Hollywood drama of the sound era that maturely addressed the complexity of a failing marriage and impending divorce, made especially compelling since Dodsworth is such an admirable and upstanding character who means well and upholds the ideal of marital commitment. Sharply directed by William Wyler, the film is as relevant today as it was when released in 1936. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - FORGOTTEN CLASSIC
Loosely interpreted version of Sinclair Lewis' best novel (arguably) springs to life on the screen as a Hollywood classic, seldom seen or mentioned anymore. Huston plays Sam Dodsworth, a bought out American businessman with plenty of time, money, and a wife with whom he's been going through the motions for years. A trip to Europe finds Mrs. Dodsworth on the hunt, first with a young David Niven, later with a young Frenchman ( Kurt), whom she's going to marry after a quick divorce in Vienna. Sam reacquaints ... Read More
Rating: - Amazon has the wrong name for the main male lead
Where on earth did you get "John Barkley"? Amazon should enlarge and look at it's own pictured product. They will see Walter Huston who plays the main character "Dodsworth" magnific
ently. Any movie lover should be familiar with his name if only because John Huston is his son. He directed his own father in the much loved classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". He plays the old geezer who almost steals the show from Humphrey Bogart which is quite a feat. Dodsworth is one of his many outstanding ... Read More
Rating: - One of the True Cinematic Greats
It would be difficult to find a more sterling example than "Dodsworth" of what the American cinema can do when it turns to our own fine literature for a story, and then utilizes first-class scriptwriting, expert direction, and a magnificent cast to bring that story to life onscreen.
This tale of a successful American industrialist retiring between the two World Wars, and the impact of his retirement on his long-time marriage, is based upon the novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis. In the ... Read More
Rating:  - Why so expensive???
Saw this on HBO, I would buy it but the price is crazy. It is just like other hiped obscure movies that were good but not remembered, for instance, "Parrish" with Troy Donahue and Claudette Colbert. People are mad to get the DVD. But there is not one Jennifer Jones movie on Amazon in DVD (She's was a big accadamy award winning star of the 40's and 50's "A Portrat of Jenney" and Hemmingways "An Farewell to Arms" to name a few). Neither are most Barbra Stanwick movies. Cable is creating a demand, but the distributers, ... Read More
Rating:  - Soap City
This is by no means the great film you might expect from all the applause. It's a soap opera of the most egregious type, and the suds are compounded by the leading lady, who should have chucked it in when talkies became the rage. If you like melodrama, this is for you. If you like one-dimensional characters, you'll love the movie. And if you enjoy crying in the theater, don't miss this film. Then you can tune in the CBS daytime lineup of soaps and be in heaven. This was agony to endure.
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