ARROWSMITH
DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
PRODUCED BY JOHN FORD/ SAMUEL GOLDWYN/ ARTHUR HORNBLOW Jr.
THE SAMUEL GOLDWYN COMPANY/ UNITED ARTISTS
Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
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 Cast
Ronald Colman ... Dr. Martin Arrowsmith
Helen Hayes ... Leora Arrowsmith
Richard Bennett ... Gustav Sondelius
A.E. Anson ... Professor Max Gottlieb
Clarence Brooks ... Oliver Marchand
Alec B. Francis ... Twyford (as Alec Francis)
Claude King ... Dr. Tubbs
Bert Roach ... Bert Tozer
Myrna Loy ... Mrs. Joyce Lanyon
Russell Hopton ... Terry Wickett
David Landau ... State Veterinarian
Lumsden Hare ... Sir Robert Fairland - Governor
Erville Alderson ... Pioneer (uncredited)
Ward Bond ... Cop (uncredited)
Beulah Bondi ... Mrs. Tozer (uncredited)
Florence Britton ... Miss Twyford (uncredited)
Nora Cecil ... Nurse (uncredited)
Sidney De Gray ... Doctor Hesselink (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti ... Committee Member (uncredited)
Mike Donlin ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Walter Downing ... City Clerk (uncredited)
Gibson Gowland ... Committee Member (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ... Reporter (uncredited)
Theresa Harris ... Native Mother (uncredited)
Raymond Hatton ... Drunk (uncredited)
Charlotte Henry ... The Pioneer Girl (uncredited)
George Humbert ... Italian Uncle (uncredited)
DeWitt Jennings ... Mr. B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
Mike Lally ... Reporter (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence ... Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness ... Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
James A. Marcus ... Old Doctor (uncredited)
Eric Mayne ... Dignitary (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer ... Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
John Qualen ... Henry Novak (uncredited)
Edward Reinach ... Dignitary (uncredited)
Milton Royce ... Intern (uncredited)
Harry Schultz ... Bartender (uncredited)
Pat Somerset ... Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Adele Watson ... Mrs. Novak (uncredited)
Bobby Watson ... Little Neighbor (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ... Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Sinclair Lewis (novel)
Sidney Howard (adaptation)
Original Music
Alfred Newman
Cinematography
Ray June
Trivia
The first American sound film to feature a black character ("Dr. Oliver Marchand" played by Clarence Brooks) with a university degree who speaks perfect English, does not shuffle, and does not act in the usual stereotypical manner in which blacks were depicted in Hollywood films at the time.
Goofs
Revealing mistakes
In the night scene outside the research building when Dr. Arrowsmith's wife catches up to him, the snow becomes very scant and then a whole clump of snow falls, which looks like a stage hand got behind on their snowfall duties then panicked.
Filming Location
Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA