Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas is a 1937 American drama film based on the 1923 Olive Higgins Prouty novel of the same name. It was directed by King Vidor and stars Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles and Anne Shirley. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Plot
Stella Martin, the daughter of a mill worker in a post-World War I Massachusetts factory town, is determined to better herself. She sets her sights on mill executive Stephen Dallas and catches him at an emotionally vulnerable time. Stephen's father killed himself after losing his fortune. Penniless, Stephen disappeared from high society, intending to marry his fiancée, Helen Morrison, once he was financially able to support her. However, just as he reaches his goal, he reads in the newspaper the announcement of her wedding and he marries Stella.
More details
| author | Sarah Y. Mason Victor Heerman |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Massachusetts |
| director | King Vidor |
| editor | Sherman Todd |
| genre | drama social |
| keywords | cry high society kill learn lose married party scheme south america wealthy widow wedding vows world war i |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| producer | Samuel Goldwyn |
| productionCompany | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | dance silent |