Stella Dallas | |
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Directed by | Henry King |
Written by | Frances Marion |
Based on | Stella Dallas 1923 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty |
Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
Starring | Ronald Colman Belle Bennett Lois Moran |
Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Budget | $500,000[1] |
Box office | $1.5 million[2] |
Stella Dallas is a 1925 American silent drama film that was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, adapted by Frances Marion, and directed by Henry King. The film stars Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Lois Moran, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.[3][4] Prints of the film survive in several film archives.[5]
This was the first feature film adaptation of the 1923 novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty. Subsequent film versions were Stella Dallas (1937) and Stella (1990).