Dodsworth

Sam Dodsworth has spent his life building an automobile company in the American Midwest, and when he sells it to retire, he and his wife Fran set off on a long-planned voyage to Europe. What begins as a shared holiday soon exposes how differently the two see the years ahead. Sam wants to take in the culture and history of the places they visit, while Fran is restless about growing older and throws herself into the social world of the continent, seeking the attention of younger men. Their marriage comes under strain as their expectations pull apart, and Sam finds companionship in Edith Cortright, an American woman he meets abroad.

William Wyler directed, working from a screenplay by Sidney Howard, with Samuel Goldwyn producing for United Artists. It is the second of the twenty-two films Wyler directed in chronological order, following Desert Dust (1927) and preceding Dead End (1937). Walter Huston plays Sam and Ruth Chatterton plays Fran, with Mary Astor as Edith Cortright, Paul Lukas, David Niven and Gregory Gaye among a credited cast of forty.

The film has held up well with audiences and critics alike. On IMDb it rates 7.7 from around eleven thousand votes, while on TMDB it sits at 7.1 from a much smaller base of 149 votes. A critics' rating of 8.8 from twenty-two reviews places it clearly above both audience scores.