- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Release: 1942-08-13
- Director: King Vidor
- Writers: John P. Marquand , Elizabeth Hill , King Vidor
- Language: English | German
- Stars: Hedy Lamarr , Robert Young , Ruth Hussey , Charles Coburn , Van Heflin , Fay Holden , Bonita Granville , Douglas Wood , Charles Halton , Leif Erickson
- Runtime: 120 min
- Awards: 2 wins
- AKA: El honorable Sr. Pulham (Venezuela) , Sol de Outono (Brazil) , En viss mr. Pulham (Sweden) , Herinneringen (Belgium) , Sol de otoño (Mexico) , H.M. Pulham, Esq. , Cenizas de amor (Spain) , Souvenirs (Canada) , Г.М. Пульхэм Эсквайр , H.M. Pulham, Esq. (United Kingdom) , Souvenirs (Belgium) , Sol de Outono (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , H.M. Pulham, Esq. (United States of America) , Cenizas de otoño (Argentina) , Souvenirs (France, French Republic) , Il molto onorevole Mister Pulham (Italy)
- Plot: Fortysomething, blue blooded Boston born and bred, Harvard educated businessman Harry Pulham leads a regimented, routinized life with his wife, the former Kay Motford, who he's known since childhood. Harry outwardly believes he is all the more happy because of the way his life is, which was somewhat predetermined as part of his upbringing. This day, he receives two telephone calls which make him examine his life. The first is from Bo-Jo Brown, a Harvard colleague who is heading a twenty-five year reunion committee, with Harry foisted into the job of writing attendee biographies, which is to include his own. The second is from Marvin Myles, a former work colleague from his time over twenty years ago at the J.T. Bullard Advertising Agency in New York City, that job which Harry got from his more liberally minded Harvard friend Bill King. The result of these two telephone calls makes Harry wonder if he is happy, if he is or ever was in love with Kay, and if he never was if he would have been much happier if he stayed in New York with the girl he let get away, she, originally from humble means, who was not willing to live what she saw as Harry's blue blooded life in Boston. In the process, Harry will also find if he can turn back the clock twenty years or if there is a way to move forward to achieve that happiness which he now realizes is missing from his life.
- IMDB:tt0033686
H.M. Pulham, Esq. Cast · · · ALL
King Vidor
Director
Hedy Lamarr
Marvin Myles Ransome
Robert Young
Harry Moulton Pulham
Ruth Hussey
Cordelia 'Kay' Motford Pulham
Charles Coburn
John Pulham
Van Heflin
Bill King
Fay Holden
Mrs. John Pulham
Bonita Granville
Mary Pulham
Douglas Wood
Mr. 'J.T.' Bullard
Charles Halton
Walter Kaufman
Leif Erickson
Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown
Phil Brown
Joe Bingham
David Clyde
Hugh, the Butler
Sara Haden
Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
Oliver Blake
Ellsmere, the Artist (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Motford - Kay's Mother (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Ava Gardner
Young Socialite (uncredited)
Anne Revere
(1903–1990)
Miss Redfern, John's Secretary (uncredited)
Grant Withers
Sammy Lee, Harvard Football Coach (uncredited)
Mary Lou Harrington
Gladys Pulham, Age 11 (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Curtis Cole (uncredited)
Connie Gilchrist
Tillie, Elevator Operator (uncredited)