Sidney Coe Howard (1891–1939)

Love has got to stop somewhere short of suicide. This drama of a successful man whose wife has suffered for 20 years in the midwestern city of Zenith and now on a journey to Europe fights as hard as she can against getting older by flirting with a series of men--Niven, Lukas, etc.--is disturbing on so many levels. In many ways it is sexist and out of date, but on the other hand, there are so many truths here as well--truths that hurt, and one can't help but reflect upon one's own relationships. I didn't know an ending like this would be allowed in 1936. As the wife, who is portrayed as the main villain here, Chatterton is appropriately maddening, but her performance is superb. As the husband who sometimes goes out of his way to remind his wife she isn't as young as she pretends to be, Huston is mostly sympathetic, but we can still see why after 20 years his wife needs something more, something he isn't able to give--at least to her. Well made and directed, but perhaps it looks better after a few days watching nothing but B movies and second features! (It's hard to believe this is the same Walter Huston in Treasure of the Sierra Madre! The man COULD act.)… (meer)

Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler.
Produced before MP Ratings; Today's rating would likely be Rated PG… (meer)

Samuel Dodsworth es un magnate de la industria del automóvil, el típico hombre de negocios que empezando desde abajo ha llegado a la cima del éxito. Él y su esposa deciden pasar una segunda luna de miel en Europa, pero durante el viaje descubre que ella le es infiel, y su mundo empieza a tambalearse. En tal circunstancia, conoce a una mujer que le devuelve la fe en el amor y lo convence de que vale la pena vivir. Gracias a ella, pondrá todos los medios a su alcance para salvar su matrimonio, pero quizá sea demasiado tarde...… (meer)

La película relata la vida de Martin Arrowsmith, quien estudia medicina debido a su interés por la investigación científica. El protagonista se mueve entre dos tendencias contrapuestas: desarrollar su pasión por la investigación, aplicando rígidos criterios científicos con el fin de obtener resultados a largo plazo que beneficien al mayor número de personas posible; o ejercer la medicina clínica y procurar la curación del paciente. Debido a su temática, el filme ha sido objeto de estudio en varias ocasiones desde el punto de vista de la medicina; también ha sido utilizado como recurso didáctico para la formación en materia de ética médica en relación con la experimentación con seres humanos hecha con fines investigadores.… (meer)