Arrowsmith
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DVD Cover Information Actor: A.E. Anson, Clarence Brooks, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, Ronald Colman Director: John Ford Brand: COLMAN,RONALD Cinematographer: Ray June Producer: John Ford Editor: Hugh Bennett Producer: Arthur Hornblow Jr. Producer: Samuel Goldwyn Writer: Sidney Howard Writer: Sinclair Lewis DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); Swedish (Original Language) Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 108 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-03-08 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: United Artists |
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Movie Reviews of Arrowsmith
Movie Review: A victim of the limited technology of the day
Summary: 3 Stars
With the advent of sound, it seems movie directors forgot what pictures could be. Certain technical problems of the early sound era (positioning of microphones, for example) were a major source of these difficulties, but generally speaking the movies made furing this time period (1929-1934 or so) are incredibly stagey and stiff.
In this picture Ronald Coleman plays Dr. Martin Arrowsmith, the idealistic young medical doctor who discovers a serum for plague; Helen Hayes is his devoted wife, who dies from the disease. The script is almost laughably inane, the acting utterly wooden. Coleman, with his highbrow English accent and stiff manner, seems miscast; Hayes at least shows a little bit of life. For some inexplicable reason the movie struck a chord with the public and it was nominated for an Academy Award, though it lost to GRAND HOTEL.
Note and question: For years it's been reported that the movie originally ran 10 minutes longer, with much of the part with Myrna Loy as the "other woman" being cut and apparently lost. I notice the running time of the movie given on the DVD is about 10 minutes longer than the time given on older VHS copies. Does this mean the snipped film has been restored??