Stella Dallas (1937) (original) (raw)

True heroines don't always save lives. Sometimes they're simply mothers, with an everlasting devotion to their children. Such is the case in STELLA DALLAS. Starring Barbara Stanwyck in an Academy Award-nominated performance, this enduring classic is a "vivid and authentic cross-section of American life [full of] deeply moving emotional power" (The Hollywood Reporter)!
Even after her marriage to well-bred Stephen Dallas ends, irrepressible Stella is determined to give their daughter the life she never had. And when it comes down to her child's happiness versus her own, Stella's sacrifice ...(more)

True heroines don't always save lives. Sometimes they're simply mothers, with an everlasting devotion to their children. Such is the case in STELLA DALLAS. Starring Barbara Stanwyck in an Academy Award-nominated performance, this enduring classic is a "vivid and authentic cross-section of American life [full of] deeply moving emotional power" (The Hollywood Reporter)!
Even after her marriage to well-bred Stephen Dallas ends, irrepressible Stella is determined to give their daughter the life she never had. And when it comes down to her child's happiness versus her own, Stella's sacrifice is truly the epitome of bravery. (less)

Director: King Vidor
Writers: Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman, Olive Higgins Prouty, Harry Wagstaff Gribble, Gertrude Purcell
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale, Marjorie Main
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn

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