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H. M. Pulham, Esq. is a 1941 American drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, and Ruth Hussey. Based on the novel H. M. Pulham, Esq. by John P. Marquand, the film is about a middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, but who still ...
H.M. Pulham, Esq.: Directed by King Vidor. With Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, Charles Coburn. A man who lived his life as he was advised to do, not how he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young woman.
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- Drama, Romance
- King Vidor
- 1941-12-18
H.M. Pulham, Esq. -- (Movie Clip) Saltines And Sardines Invited by old-flame Marvin Ransome n`ee Myles (Hedy Lamarr, her first appearance) to visit in a Boston club, forty-something Harry (Robert Young) hesitates, then returns home to wife Kay (Ruth Hussey), in King Vidor's film from the John P. Marquand novel, H.M. Pulham Esq., 1941.
- King Vidor, Walter Strohm
- Hedy Lamarr
H. M. Pulham, Esq. takes Harry beyond the aftermath of the war, through the Twenties and Thirties, up to the 30th anniversary of his Harvard class.
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- Paperback
- John P. Marquand
Businessman Harry Pulham (Robert Young) is frustrated that his long marriage with Kay (Ruth Hussey) has grown tedious. While organizing a college reunion, Pulham reminisces about his past...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Romance
- King Vidor
Screen Slate reviews H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), a neglected film by King Vidor that explores the mid-life crisis of a New England aristocrat. The film contrasts the protagonist's love affair with Hedy Lamarr's character with his class destiny and his pursuit of happiness.
Fortysomething, blue blooded, Boston born and bred, Harvard educated businessman Harry Pulham leads a regimented, routinized life with his wife, the former Kay Motford, whom he's known since childhood.
