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Stella Dallas

1937

King Vidor

Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Alan Hale ...

7.4

1,279

Drama 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.

	Media	Author	Review
		Time Out	"Stanwyck's extraordinary performance keeps open the cleft between weepy pathos and mocking defiance to the very end"
		David Parkinson Empire	"A couple of sterling performances from the female leads makes this a fascinating precursor to deeper female psychological dramas since (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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