Lions, Towers & Shields 90: Ruth Chatterton is Jacked

The Incomparable Superfeed

This 1936 film is based on the well-known novel of the same name, by Sinclair Lewis. It’s the story of a successful middle-aged man (Walter Huston) who wants something new from his life. That’s what his wife (Ruth Chatterton) wants, too, but their ideas are very different, and not compatible. And there’s Mary Astor, living her best life in an Italian villa, being all awesome and stuff. It’s fun to watch these three actors work. The writing is good, too. William Wyler (who we last heard from in The Best Years of Our Lives) directs

Dodsworth

Shelly Brisbin with Micheline Maynard and Nathan Alderman

Referenced Works

Dodsworth

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The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film

• Dodsworth trailer

  • Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
  • On disc: Blu-ray

The Self-Referential LTS

• LTS #60 CELEBRATE THE TERESA WRIGHT-AISSANCE
• LTS #23 A PERFECT SPHERICAL COW
• LTS #81 I WILL DEFEND THE WEENIE KING
• LTS #89 YOU CAN’T BE EVIL IN A CARDIGAN

Next time, we’ll watch

• The Breaking Point trailer

Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936