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Stella Dallas (1937 film)
| Stella Dallas | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Written by | Dramatization Harry Wagstaff Gribble Gertrude Purcell Screenplay Sarah Y. Mason Victor Heerman Joe Bigelow (uncredited) |
| Based on | Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Starring | Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Anne Shirley |
| Cinematography | Rudolph Maté |
| Edited by | Sherman Todd |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1][2] |
Stella Dallas is a 1937 American melodrama film[3][4][5] 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 and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.[6]
The film is the second of three film adaptations of Prouty's novel: it was preceded by a silent film of the same name in 1925, and followed by Stella in 1990. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival as part of a retrospective of Vidor's career.[7]
- ^ Madsen, Axel (2015). Stanwyck: A Biography. ISBN 978-1-5040-0861-7.
Released in August 1937, Stella Dallas grossed more than $2 million.
- ^ Reid, John Howard (2012). 140 All-Time Must-See Movies for Film Lovers Now Available On DVD. ISBN 978-1-105-75295-7.
UA's top domestic box office hit of 1937, with gross rentals close to $2 million.
- ^ Mercer, John; Shingler, Martin (2013) [2004]. "Case studies: Broken Blossoms, Stella Dallas and Rebel Without a Cause". Melodrama: Genre, Style, Sensibility (eBook). Short Cuts. London; New York: Wallflower, Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-50306-8.
- ^ Williams, Linda (1987). "'Something Else Besides a Mother'. Stella Dallas and the Maternal Melodrama". In Gledhill, Christine (ed.). Home is Where the Heart Is: Studies in Melodrama and the Woman's Film. London: British Film Institute. pp. 299–325. ISBN 0-85170-200-7.
- ^ Viviani, Christian (1991). "Who Is Without Sin: The Maternal Melodrama in American Film, 1930-1939". In Landy, Marcia (ed.). Imitations of Life: A Reader on Film & Television Melodrama. Contemporary Film and Television Series. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 176–177. ISBN 0-8143-2064-3. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ "Berlinale 2020: Retrospective "King Vidor"". Berlinale. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
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