Ann Vickers (1933)
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This 1933 movie version of Sinclair Lewis's novel Ann Vickers stars Irene Dunne in the title role. Left alone and pregnant by her soldier sweetheart (Bruce Cabot), Ann turns her life around by devoting herself to social work. A frustrating tenure as psychologist in a poorly maintained… More This 1933 movie version of Sinclair Lewis's novel Ann Vickers stars Irene Dunne in the title role. Left alone and pregnant by her soldier sweetheart (Bruce Cabot), Ann turns her life around by devoting herself to social work. A frustrating tenure as psychologist in a poorly maintained woman's prison only strengthens Ann's resolve to improve the world around her. She falls in love with the politically progressive judge (Walter Huston) who helps finance her career, standing by him when he is unjustly accused of graft. Ann Vickers contains one startling sequence in which Ann, following the premature end of her pregnancy, walks with great discomfort around her garden while she speaks wistfully about,"the daughter I'll never have." Otherwise, the film suffers from its adaptors' soap-opera mindset, as well as the decision to cram Lewis's complex novel into a brief 75 minutes' screen time. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Cromwell
- Written By
- Jane Murfin
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...ludicrous and utterly dated.
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Cast
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Irene Dunne
as Ann Vickers
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Walter Huston
as Barney Dolphin
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Conrad Nagel
as Lindsay Atwell
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Bruce Cabot
as Captain Resnick
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Edna May Oliver
as Malvina Wormsor
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Sam Hardy
as Russell Spaulding
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Mitchell Lewis
as Capt. Waldo
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Helen Eby-Rock
as Kitty Cognac
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Gertrude Michael
as Mona Dolphin
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Irving Bacon
as Waiter
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Reginald Barlow
as Chaplain
- William P. Carleton
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Jane Darwell
as Mrs. Gates
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Arthur Hoyt
as Mr. Penny
- Murray Kinnell
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Edwin Maxwell
as Defense Attorney
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J. Carrol Naish
as Dr. Sorell
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Rafaela Ottiano
as Feldermus
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Sarah Padden
as Lil
