Dodsworth (BD)

Dodsworth (BD)Based on the best selling novel by Sinclair Lewis, this "handsome, intelligent film" (Los Angeles Times) garnered seven Academy Award nominations, winning one*, and is "one of the authentic masterpieces of the 1930s" (Filmex Guide). Sam Dodsworth (Walter Huston) is a small town rags to riches millionaire who finds that his money cannot bring him happiness. His unsatisfied wife, Fran (Ruth Chatterton), seeking glamour and sophistication, persuades him

Mister Toad and criminal mastermind Anarky

the securities turn out to be explosive intel and Joe is #1 on the Most Wanted list of both Nazi henchmen and Soviet spies

"If they wanted ladies

Negulesco and noir - a heady brew

steely-eyed Frank Lovejoy as Matt Cvetic

and then into something more

adds even more star power

Gunfire resounds from everywhere

a sympathetic portrait of a young girl (Anne Francis in a strong performance) raised in a loveless home who drifts into a life of prostitution

the prejudice

whose rich talent was ravaged by an excess of booze and life

But with so much cash so near--and the police slowly closing in--greed becomes lethal among the gang members