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Stella Dallas is a american film of genre Drama directed by King Vidor released in USA on 6 august 1937 with Barbara Stanwyck
Stella Dallas (1937)
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Add to a movie listStella Dallas is a 1937 American film based on the Olive Higgins Prouty novel of the same name. It was directed by King Vidor, and stars Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, and Anne Shirley. Stanwyck was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Shirley for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
A 1925 silent film version is Stella Dallas, starring Ronald Colman and Belle Bennett. A 1990 version is Stella, with Bette Midler and Stephen Collins.
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Stella Martin (Barbara Stanwyck), 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 (John Boles) 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 (Barbara O'Neil) 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. So he marries Stella.Actors
Barbara Stanwyck
(Stella Dallas)
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
John Boles
(Stephen Dallas)
Anne Shirley
(Laurel "Lollie" Dallas)
Barbara O'Neil
(Helen Morrison)
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