Stella Dallas (1937 film)

Stella Dallas
Original theatrical poster
Directed byKing Vidor
Written byDramatization
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Gertrude Purcell
Screenplay
Sarah Y. Mason
Victor Heerman
Joe Bigelow (uncredited)
Based onStella Dallas
by Olive Higgins Prouty
Produced bySamuel Goldwyn
StarringBarbara Stanwyck
John Boles
Anne Shirley
CinematographyRudolph Maté
Edited bySherman Todd
Music byAlfred Newman
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • August 6, 1937 (1937-08-06)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1][2]

Stella Dallas is a 1937 American drama film 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.[3]

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.[4]

  1. ^ Madsen, Axel (2015). Stanwyck: A Biography. ISBN 978-1-5040-0861-7. Released in August 1937, Stella Dallas grossed more than $2 million.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  4. ^ "Berlinale 2020: Retrospective "King Vidor"". Berlinale. Retrieved February 28, 2020.