IMDb RATING
7.4/10
5.5K
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A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
5.5K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Sarah Y. Mason(screenplay)
- Victor Heerman(screenplay)
- Olive Higgins Prouty(novel)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Sarah Y. Mason(screenplay)
- Victor Heerman(screenplay)
- Olive Higgins Prouty(novel)
- Stars
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total
Jessie Arnold
- Ed's Landladyas Ed's Landlady
- (uncredited)
Harry Bowen
- Man Watching Wedding Behind Stellaas Man Watching Wedding Behind Stella
- (unconfirmed)
- (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
- Mr. Beameras Mr. Beamer
- (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
- Train Passengeras Train Passenger
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Sarah Y. Mason(screenplay)
- Victor Heerman(screenplay)
- Olive Higgins Prouty(novel)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Working-class Stella Martin marries high-end Stephen Dallas and soon they have a daughter named Laurel. But Stephen's incessant demands of Stella to become what she isn't leads to their eventual separation. Stephen later marries Helen Morrison (his prior fiancée), and Laurel becomes the focus of Stella's life and love. Nothing is too good for Laurel as far as Stella is concerned. Determined to give her all the advantages, she takes Laurel on a trip to an expensive resort where Laurel makes friends with rich kids. After an embarrassing incident, Stella realizes that her daughter would go farther in life without Stella as her mother. Her subsequent sacrifice is shattering. —Anonymous
- class differences
- self sacrifice
- mother daughter relationship
- sacrificing for one's child
- character name as title
- 40 more
- Taglines
- The woman you will never forget...COMMON, TAWDRY, MAGNIFICIENT (Print Ad- Toledo News-Bee, ((Toledo, Ohio)) 9 September 1937)
- Genres
- Certificate
- Approved
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie was so popular it became a radio serial on 25 October 1937, dramatizing the later lives of characters in the movie. The serial lasted for 18 years.
- GoofsWhen Stella is working on the sofa in her light robe, you can see the padding on her rear. This is later in the movie.
- Quotes
Stella Martin 'Stell' Dallas: I've always been known to have a stack of style!
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Seul le cinéma (1994)
- SoundtracksSmiles
(1917) (uncredited)
Music by Lee S. Roberts
Whistled by George Walcott twice
Played by the pianist during the silent movi
Top review
King Vidor and Social Differences
Barbara Stanwyck is very good in this melodrama, but I believe little praise has been given to King Vidor, whom I have grown to appreciate in recent years as one of the best classic American filmmakers of all times. Precisely for this reason I finally acquired this film and enjoyed it very much, especially as he shows great perception to depict the cruel and too frequent irreconcilable differences that end relationships. In movies like «The Crowd», «Our Daily Bread», «Street Scene», «Hallelujah!» and even «Bird of Paradise» or "Solomon and Sheba» Vidor intelligently dealt with social, cultural, ethnic, economic or ideological differences, that still affect people and quite often impede any one of us to find happiness. Perhaps the ornamented Stella is a bit overdone, especially in the hotel sequence after she has previously demonstrated how to control her tendency to be excessive and vulgar in dress, make-up, hair style or social manners, when Mr. Dallas picks up their daughter to spend Christmas with him. But most of the time Vidor keeps everything tight, including Sherman Todd's film editing, and even Alfred Newman's melodramatic string overflows are well measured. I must add that the rest of the cast is all good, making «Stella Dallas» a rewarding film experience.
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Majka ili bludnica
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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