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Stella Dallas is a 1937 American drama film based on Olive Higgins Prouty 's 1923 novel of the same name. It was directed by King Vidor and stars Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, and Anne Shirley. At the 10th Academy Awards, Stanwyck and Shirley were nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role, respectively. [3]
Stella Dallas: Directed by King Vidor. With Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil. A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
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Stella Dallas is a 1923 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty and published by Houghton Mifflin, written in response to the death of her three-year-old daughter from encephalitis. It tells the story of the eponymous protagonist, a working-class woman who marries a rich businessman but struggles to adapt to her new life.
Brief Synopsis. After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter. Cast & Crew. Read More. King Vidor. Director. Barbara Stanwyck. Stella [Martin] Dallas. John Boles. Stephen Dallas. Anne Shirley. Laurel Dallas. Barbara O'neil. Helen [Morrison] Dallas. Alan Hale. Editor Munn. Photos & Videos. View All
When Stella Martin (Barbara Stanwyck), a working class woman, meets and marries the wealthy Stephen Dallas (John Boles), they quickly have a daughter named Laurel (Anne Shirley).
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Working-class Stella Martin marries high-end Stephen Dallas and soon they have a daughter named Laurel. But Stephen's incessant demands of Stella to become what she isn't leads to their eventual separation.
The story of an irritatingly clueless social climber. She lands her target and elopes with him, creating an untenable marriage. They have a child and due to this stay married for...
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Mar 18, 2016 · Stella Dallas (Barbara Stanwyck) is but one of many unsung female heroes who sacrifice, yet always prevail, in maternal melodramas such as Min and Bill (1930); The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931); Madame X (1937); and Forbidden (1932) to name but a few of this rich, largely forgotten and dismissed treasure-trove.
Barbara Stanwyck is the ambitious, working class "Stella" who, determined to improve her lot in life, marries well-to-do "Stephen Dallas" (John Boles) and shortly afterwards they have a daughter "Laurel" (Anne Shirley).
