Stella Dallas (1937)


Stella Dallas
Release Date05 August 1937
TaglineSure - I like a good time!
GenreDrama, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMelodrama
MoodA Good Cry
ThemesMothers and Daughters, Social Climbing, Class Differences
TonesBittersweet, Melancholy, Compassionate, Tearjerking
TagsChild, Class [social], Daughter, Family, Marriage, Mother, Romance, Sacrifice, Self Sacrifice, Vacation, Wealth

Stella Dallas is a 1937 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.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Stella Martin 'Stell' Dallas

Stephen Dallas

Laurel 'Lollie' Dallas

Helen Morrison Dallas

Ed Munn

Mrs. Martin

George Walcott
Charlie Martin

Miss Margaret Phillibrown

Richard 'Dick' Grosvenor III

Mrs. Grosvenor

Bruce Satterlee
Cornelius 'Con' Morrison

Jimmy Butler
Cornelius 'Con' Morrison

Jack Egger
John Morrison

Dickie Jones
Lee Morrison

Jessie Arnold
Ed's landlady

Harry Bowen
Man watching wedding behind Stella

Harlan Briggs
Mr. Beamer

Girl at resort and on train

Frank Dickson
-

Lester Dorr
Man on train

Edythe Elliott
Department store clerk

Edmund Elton
Mr. 'Pop' Martin

Frank Filban
-

Lynda Grey
Bit Role

Winifred Harris
Miss Phillibrown's companion on Train

Policeman outside wedding

Olin Howland
Stephen's office clerk

Mitchell Ingraham
Minister at wedding

Hazel Langton
-

Etta McDaniel
Agnes

Spencer Chandler

Forbes Murray
Stephen's business friend

Vesey O'Davoren
Helen's butler at wedding

Michael Owen
-

Russ Powell
Itch power victin on train

Student, as Lynn Roberts

Francis Sayles
Clerk in soda shop

Carrie Jenkins

Edwin Stanley
Helen's butler

Paul Stanton
Arthur W. Morley

Dorothy Vaughan
Martha

Lillian Yarbo
Gladys

Director

Writer

Olive Higgins Prouty

Harry Wagstaff Gribble

Gertrude Purcell

Sarah Y. Mason

Victor Heerman

Joe Bigelow
uncredited

Producer

producer

Merritt Hulburd
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Rudolph Maté
-

Editor

Sherman Todd
-

Art Director

Costume Designer

Omar Kiam
-

Production Manager

Robert McIntyre
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Walter Mayo
assistant director

Sound Department

Frank Maher
sound recordist

Music Department

musical director

Other Crew

presenter

Production Company

Samuel Goldwyn Company, The

Distributor

United Artists

Film Classics

Embassy Home Entertainment

Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)






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