Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith

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- 62/100 based on 1,868 votes
  • Released: 1931
  • Runtime: 108 mins
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  • Studio: Howard Productions
  • Genres: Drama

Based on a Sinclair Lewis novel "Martin Arrowsmith". A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Arrowsmith:

Ronald Colman
Helen Hayes
Richard Bennett
A.E. Anson
Clarence Brooks
Alec B. Francis

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Based on a Sinclair Lewis novel "Martin Arrowsmith". A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.

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Out of the Past - 9/10 by Raquel StecherEven with its flaws Arrowsmith (1931) is a glorious Pre-Code film. It tackles a difficult subject, isn't afraid to experiment and there is a refreshing lack of racism.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzEmotionally gratifying, it dramatically only crawls along with so many actionless scenes.
EmanuelLevy.Com - 8/10 by Emanuel LevyOne of John Ford's in-depth probes of the doctor's role in society, Arrowsmith was based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis who refused the 1926 Pulitzer because of the prize's alleged advocacy of work that endorsed "the wholesome American life."
Combustible Celluloid - 6/10 by Jeffrey M. AndersonMany shots show an early awareness of mood and expression, using heavy shadows and diagonal shapes to establish visual conflicts.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) - 5/10 by Ken HankeBrilliant, too little seen John Ford film of the Sinclair Lewis novel.
User Review - 8/10 by John BI was glad to have caught this on Turner Classics a few weeks back. I have always thought that Ronald Colman was terribly underrated and overshadowed by Clark Gable who he resembled greatly. This is great depiction of how personal amibition and ethics often have great impacts on how personal lives are lived.
User Review - 8/10 by Anthony VOne might be tempted to call it quaint by our 21st-Century standards, and no doubt it's very difficult, perhaps almost impossible, to make a film about (medical) science that's neither boring nor preposterous. But this film manages to be convincing and complex, and very subtly disturbing, to science what Elmer Gantry is to religion. What better formula than a Sinclair Lewis novel made into a John Ford film? (Well, I guess a John Steinbeck novel made into a John Ford film, for one...)
User Review - 8/10 by James CDirected by John Ford for Samuel Goldwyn and starring Rolman Colman and Helen Hayes, this movie is flawd with a confusing third act. However, worth seeing as it is a pre-Code Ford that has Colman having an affair with Myrna Loy and more importantly, an African-American playing a doctor, extremely rare for its time period.
User Review - 6/10 by David LArrowsmith is an okay, but immensely flawed Best Picture Nominee with excellent cinematography, some very memorable scenes and a terrific Ronald Colman titular performance, but it never became as sprawling, epic and powerful as it should have been owing to its horrible editing and pacing which is ridiculously rushed due to an inappropriately short runtime.
User Review - 6/10 by Stephen TOne thing the pre-code Hollywood pictures do very well is they allowed significant brevity in film. Arrowsmith is adapted from the famous Sinclair Lewis novel of the same name. John Ford adapts a 440+ page, well-known, and widely-read novel into a best picture nominee in under 110 minutes. Impressive. The release year of 1931 represents the transition period between sound film novelty acts like The Jazz Singer (1927, Alan Crosland) to serious, well-made, award season contenders like Arrowsmith. Of course, Arrowsmith is not the first great sound film to be nominated for awards. In fact, its difficult to even call it great at all; its watchable, not memorable. Yet here we have a silent film transition star in Ronald Colman transitioning into a talkative character in Arrowsmith, a director in John Ford transitioning from B-westerns and melodramas, and a studio in MGM under Louis B. Mayer who wants to transition MGM from leading studio status to untouchable. Unfortunately for Colman, Ford, and Mayer, their attempts to push Arrowsmith into an unforgettable film failed. Melodramatic, sentimental, and cliché seem like harsh labels, but alas, they fit this film. Also, the natives of the Caribbean infected with Bubonic Plague are shown in unflattering portrayals, as are the Swedish characters with their accents amped to the point of unintelligible babel. In the end, Colman never really broke into A-list star status, the film never won any awards, although a few bright spots emerge: (1) Mayer and Ford went on to achieve legendary greatness; (2) the female stars in Helen Hayes and Myrna Loy became female icons and A-list stars in their own right; and (3) Arrowsmith introduced a market for medical-related drama film. Also, notice the widespread drinking in this film; Prohibition is still in effect in 1931 and its interesting to see some of that pre-code naughtiness come through.

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