A film of maturity, intelligence, and understanding. Huston, repeating his popular stage role, plays reserved auto mogul Sam Dodsworth, who retires to enjoy his middle age at the prompting of his wife Fran (Chatterton). Traveling in Europe, the unsophisticated Midwesterners have completely
opposite reactions to the Continental milieu: while Sam soon gets bored, Fran aspires to become a woman of the world. Embarrassed by her flirtation with a roue (Niven) and hurt by her encounter with a more subtle adventurer (Lukas), Fran doesn't learn from her failures. She finally asks Sam for a
divorce in order to marry a young but mother-dominated baron (Gaye). Sam, meanwhile,...
Released:
1936
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins