Arrowsmith (1931)

Arrowsmith (Ronald Colman) is a promising young medical researcher who tosses his high ambitions to marry the feisty Leora (Helen Hayes) and become a country doctor.

But he doesn't last long in the rural setting and he's soon tempted back into the world of big-city research, which leaves his wife as nothing more than a worried little fly buzzing around him when he bothers to come home. She continues to buzz, though -- doing her best to remain a part of his life by chasing after him wherever he goes.

It's not bad exactly -- but it's also not very heartwarming or exciting or interesting. It fails to engage as either a romance or a medical morality tale.

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