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All I Desire is a 1953 American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, and Maureen O'Sullivan. It is based on Carol Ryrie Brink's 1951 novel Stopover.
All I Desire: Directed by Douglas Sirk. With Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson. In 1910, a wayward mother re-visits the family she deserted.
Synopsis. In 1910, just as her career hits its lowest point, aging actress Naomi Murdoch receives a letter from her daughter Lily. Ten years earlier, Naomi had created a scandal by leaving her teacher husband Henry and their children, Joyce, Lily and Ted, because she felt stifled by their small-town community and Henry's strict social mores.
Jan 2, 2013 · All I Desire, the 1953 melodrama directed by Douglas Sirk. It's set in 1910, in the small town of Riverdale, Wisconsin. It stars Barbara Stanwyck as Naomi Murdoch, who, 10 years earlier, had...
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All I Desire depicts a dangerous mixture of her fairly benign deception and her daughter’s pie-in-the-sky naivety. She tries to subtly address the situation, but ebullience is a powerful opponent. Powerful, but no match for the Stanwyck Bluntstyck.
An actress (Barbara Stanwyck) comes home to the husband (Richard Carlson) and children she abandoned years before.
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From Capitol 78rpm (CL 13958) released in August 1953.
Overview. In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago. Douglas Sirk. Director. Carol Ryrie Brink. Novel. Robert Blees. Screenplay. James Gunn.
In 1900, Naomi Murdoch deserted her small-town family to go on the stage. Some ten years later, daughter Lily invites Naomi back to see her in the Riverdale high school play. Her arrival sets the whole town abuzz, wakes up old conflicts, and sets off new emotional storms. — Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>.
