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Walter Huston sits on a swing holding the rope, while Mary Astor kneels beside him looking up, in a courtyard scene from the 1936 film Dodsworth.
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Dodsworth

film by Wyler [1936]
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Walter Huston sits on a swing holding the rope, while Mary Astor kneels beside him looking up, in a courtyard scene from the 1936 film Dodsworth.
Dodsworth Walter Huston and Mary Astor in Dodsworth (1936), directed by William Wyler with cinematography by Rudolph Maté.

The film Dodsworth, directed by William Wyler in 1936, is based on the Sinclair Lewis novel of the same name. The story centers on Sam Dodsworth, an American auto magnate who sells his company and embarks on a European tour with his wife, Fran. The film explores their interactions with European culture and values, their evolving relationships, and their marital estrangement and eventual reconciliation. Walter Huston starred as Sam Dodsworth, earning an Academy Award nomination for his performance.1

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