Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith (1931)

1:48 (108 min)

Drama

United States

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Production

Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Howard Productions

Release date

1931-12-07

Director

John Ford

Scenario

Sinclair Lewis

Author

Composer

Alfred Newman

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn

All team (13)

Actors

Ronald Colman

Dr. Martin Arrowsmith

Helen Hayes

Leora Tozer Arrowsmith

Richard Bennett

Gustav Sondelius

A.E. Anson

Professor Max Gottlieb

Clarence Brooks

Dr. Oliver Marchand

Alec B. Francis

Twyford

Claude King

Dr. Tubbs

Bert Roach

Bert Tozer

All actors and roles (10)

• A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis.
• "Arrowsmith" is the first American sound film to feature a Black character (Dr. Oliver Marchand) with a university degree and speaking flawless English.
• The film follows the novel quite closely, but makes no mention of Arrowsmith's wealthy, selfish second wife: Myrna Loy has only a few scenes with Colman, and the development of their characters' relationship is not shown. According to film historian Robert Osborne, Helen Hayes recalled that some scenes were removed from the script without explanation. This happened because Samuel Goldwyn hired John Ford on the condition that he abstain from drinking during filming, and as a result, Ford rushed the production as much as possible.

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