Stella Dallas | |
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Directed by | King Vidor |
Written by | Dramatization Harry Wagstaff Gribble Gertrude Purcell Screenplay Sarah Y. Mason Victor Heerman Joe Bigelow (uncredited) |
Based on | Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty |
Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
Starring | Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Anne Shirley |
Cinematography | Rudolph Maté |
Edited by | Sherman Todd |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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 in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role, 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]
Released in August 1937, Stella Dallas grossed more than $2 million.
UA's top domestic box office hit of 1937, with gross rentals close to $2 million.