DODSWORTH

"Dodsworth" is one of William Wyler's greatest films and arguably his most underrated, despite the seven Oscar nominations it received at the time; a brilliant adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' novel by way of Sidney Howard's theatrical version and with a script by Howard. It's one of the great films about Americans abroad and it's one of the great films about a marriage in decline and it's magnificently played by its three leads; Walter Huston, in his greatest part and performance, in the title role, Ruth Chatterton in her greatest role as the hick wife with ideas above her station and Mary Astor at her loveliest as 'the other woman'. Seldom seen these days it's up there with "The Letter",  "The Little Foxes", "The Best Years of Our Lives","The Heiress" and "Carrie" and it cries out to be seen.