Babbitt

George F. Babbitt (Guy Kibbee) is the developer of Zenith, a new developing town. With his wife Myra (Aline MacMahon), they have two grown children. He is trying hard to make his realty business a success and hiding a looming scandal which he can't remember.

I don't necessarily like Babbitt but I do like the prank. I figured that it was a scam but couldn't guess where it was going for a long while. After that reveal, the movie loses its steam. It needs a reason for being. At some point, I realized that I need to see him doing some real work. He's a lot of talk and undeserved arrogance to his family. It's a flawed character getting into trouble of his own making. It's based on a novel and I do wonder if there could be a better adaptation.