10 North Frederick
Directed by Phillip Dunne 102 mins (1958)
Gary Cooper - Joseph B. “Joe” Chapin
At his father's funeral, Joe Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife and eased only by alcohol. But it starts to emerge that there was in fact one brief and unsuspected period of happiness and love.
Also starring Geraldine Fitzgerald, Diane Varsi, Ray Stricklyn, Barbara Nichols, Tom Tully and Stuart Whitman.
The film is based on the 1955 National Book Award-winning novel by John O'Hara. In the novel, Ann Chapin has an abortion. That was considered too volatile for 1950s audiences, so in the film she has a miscarriage.
Nominated for a Golden Globe and winning Golden Sail at Locarno International Film Festival.