What is "dodsworth"

Dodsworth is a satirical novel by American writer Sinclair Lewis first published by Harcourt Brace & Company in March 1929. Its subject, the differences between US and European intellect, manners, and morals, is one that frequently appears in the works of Henry James.

Dodsworth is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor. Sidney Howard based the screenplay on his 1934 stage adaptation of the 1929 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis. Huston reprised his stage role.

The center of the film is a study of a marriage in crisis. Recently retired auto magnate Samuel Dodsworth and his wife Fran, while on a grand European tour, discover that they want very different things out of life, straining their marriage.

The film was critically praised and nominated for several Academy Awards. Dodsworth was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies in 1997 and 2007.

Dodsworth is a three-act play by Sidney Howard based on the 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis. Through the title character, it examines the differences between American and European intellect, manners, and morals.

Dodsworth may refer to:

• Dodsworth (novel), a 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis
• Dodsworth (play), a 1934 play adapted from the novel
• Dodsworth (film), a 1936 film adapted from the novel
• Roger Dodsworth (1585–1654), English antiquary
• Matthew Dodsworth (c.1544–1631), English judge
• Geoffrey Dodsworth (born 1928), British politician
• Any of the Smith-Dodsworth Baronets