5.0
Billy Galvin
1986
“Sure - I like a good time!”
Stella Dallas (1937)
August 6, 19371h 46mEN
6.9
95 votes
Overview
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
Director
King VidorWhere to Watch
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Original Language
English
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Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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User Reviews
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7.0Barbara Stanwyck is the ambitious, working class "Stella" who, determined to improve her lot in life, marries well-to-do "Stephen Dallas" (John Boles) and shortly afterwards they have a daughter "Laurel" (Anne Shirley). It doesn't take long before the couple become estranged and "Laurel" the sole focus of her mother's attentions. Nothing is too good for her, and in striving to give "Laurel" the best she gradually realises - sometimes, by some rather harsh means - that she herself may be standing in the way of the girl's happiness; particularly once her now ex-husband finds love elsewhere with…
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