Adam Had Four Sons
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Director Gregory Ratoff Initial DVD release January 6, 2004 Duration Language English | 6.6/10 Genre Drama, Romance Music director W. Franke Harling Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date February 18, 1941 Based on Legacy
1940 novel
by Charles Bonner Writer William Hurlbut (screenplay), Michael Blankfort (screenplay), Charles Bonner (novel) Cast Ingrid Bergman (Emilie Gallatin), Warner Baxter (Adam Stoddard), Susan Hayward (Hester Stoddard), Fay Wray (Molly Stoddard), Richard Denning (Jack Stoddard), Johnny Downs (David Stoddard)Similar movies June Lockhart appears in Adam Had Four Sons and All This - and Heaven Too |
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Adam Had Four Sons is a 1941 drama and romance film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward and Fay Wray. The supporting cast features Richard Denning and June Lockhart.
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- Tribute to the antagonist protagonist in adam had four sons 1941 susan hayward ingrid bergman
- Plot
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Plot
Adam Stoddard (Warner Baxter) is a wealthy, easy-going family patriarch who falls on hard times after the death of his wife Molly (Fay Wray) and a stock market crash in 1907 that wipes out his wealth. Recently arrived governess Emilie (Ingrid Bergman) works to keep the family together. But with the loss of Adam's fortune, the boys are sent off to boarding school, their schooling paid for by wealthy, aged Cousin Phillipa (Helen Westley). Emilie must return to France until Adam can afford to repurchase the family estate and recall her to look after it. Reversing his fortunes takes Adam several years. By then, the three older boys are fighting in World War I. Then, just as the family is getting back to its former way of life...
One son, David (Johnny Downs) returns with his new wife, Hester (Susan Hayward), who turns out be a conniving, evil woman wanting to rule the roost. Cousin Phillipa figures out the false Hester, dying before she can tell Adam. Hester schemes to rid the home of Emilie, and seduces another son, Jack (Richard Denning), while her husband is away at war. Emilie discovers the affair, but keeps quiet to preserve Adam's happiness and the brother's reputation, pretending to Adam that she was the one involved with Jack. Later, when David returns, Hester inadvertently exclaims "Oh, Jack" while David is caressing her. Realizing her infidelity, David leaves to commit suicide by flying a plane and crashing on a stormy night. Yet, he is hospitalized and survives. Ultimately, all is discovered, and Hester receives her comeuppance and is evicted from the home. Emilie and Adam become engaged, and all ends happily.
(The youngest brother, Phillip, is involved with their neighbor, Vance.)
References
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