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J. Grubb Alexander (adaptation)
Edna Ferber (novel)
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Release Date:
30 April 1932 (USA) more
Plot:
Selina lived well until her father Simeon died. Her aunts sold the estate and put her in a boarding school... more | add synopsis
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Wealth or Happiness more (14 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Selina Peake De Jong | |
| George Brent | ... | Roelf Pool | |
| Dickie Moore | ... | Dirk De Jong (younger) | |
| Bette Davis | ... | Miss Dallas O'Mara | |
| Mae Madison | ... | Julie Hempel | |
| Hardie Albright | ... | Dirk De Jong | |
| Alan Hale | ... | Klass Poole | |
| Earle Foxe | ... | Pervus De Jong | |
| Robert Warwick | ... | Simeon Peake, Gambler | |
| Dorothy Peterson | ... | Maartje Pool | |
| Noel Francis | ... | Mabel, a 'Fancy Woman' | |
| Dick Winslow | ... | Roelf, age 12 | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| André Cheron | ... | The General (scenes deleted) | |
| Guy Kibbee | ... | August Hemple (scenes deleted) | |
| Martha Mattox | ... | Maiden Aunt (scenes deleted) | |
| Willard Robertson | ... | The Doctor (scenes deleted) | |
| Arthur Stone | ... | Jan Steen (scenes deleted) | |
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81 min
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Dirk De Jong:
You're just about the most attractive girl I've ever met
Miss Dallas O'Mara:
Very good. Kinda sterotyped, but still effective. Time out while I work up a maidenly blush.
Dirk De Jong:
Now this is your last chance. I'm not going to ask you this question any more. How about having dinner with me some night?
Miss Dallas O'Mara:
Love to.
Dirk De Jong:
When?
Miss Dallas O'Mara:
Oh, sometime in the distant future... say, um, tonight.
Dirk De Jong:
Perfect. Where would you like to go, the Casino?
Miss Dallas O'Mara:
Oh, let's not and say we did. Those upper-crust places make me jitter.
Dirk De Jong:
Well, how about Thompson's Lunch?
Miss Dallas O'Mara:
Oh, I'm still hunchbacked from sitting in those one-armed chairs. Let's go to a hotel--full of all sorts of people: actors, gamblers, thieves, bootleggers, ladies and...and women. That's my dish.
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Featured in "Private Screenings: Child Stars" (2006) more
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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God more
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So Big is a film based on a novel and has a wonderful cast to bring it to life. Barbara Stanwyck is the lead, a woman whose life isn't perfect but which she works hard to be proud of. In the beginning, she is a wealthy girl, but when her father dies, she is sent away to a small town to live with a farmer and become a schoolteacher. There she meets a boy (George Brent) with an enthusiasm for life that she shares and she becomes his inspiration to become an artist. Later, she weds and has a child (Dickie Moore) who she plays a game with that explains the title of the film. Sadly, these scenes are short and the film progresses toward the future where her grown-up son enters the world and experiences trials that challenge his values. In the process, he meets Bette Davis, a beautiful artist with similar principles as his mother.
The problem with this film is that it seems to constantly be gathering speed and presenting a back-story, but there is no major climax. One watches and wonders who is the main character, Stanwyck or her son. It seems to be more of a discussion on how to live one's life than a story. The cast will bring audiences, but they will come away confused.