Stella Dallas (1925)
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Synopsis of Stella Dallas
One of the silent era's most popular tearjerkers, this soapy melodrama was adapted by legendary screenwriter Frances Marion from the 1923 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty. Belle Bennett stars as Stella Dallas, a small town girl who is devastated by her father's death and quickly marries the upper class Stephen Dallas (Ronald Colman), with whom she has nothing in common. After the birth of a daughter, Laurel, the Dallases go their separate ways, Stephen returning to New York. As Laurel (Lois Moran) grows into a spirited young woman, Stella realizes that Stephen can provide their daughter countless opportunities she'll never have while living with a destitute single mother, and so Stella makes a selfless sacrifice and sends Laurel to live with Stephen and his new family. Stella Dallas (1925) would later be remade at least twice, its most beloved and famous version being the 1937 King Vidor classic starring Barbara Stanwyck in the title role. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Stella Dallas
- Belle Bennett - Stella Dallas
- Alice Joyce - Helen Morrison
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Richard Grosvenor
- Newton Hall - Morrison Child
- Winston Miller - Morrison Child 10 Years Later
- Beatrice Pryor - Mrs. Grosvenor
- Ronald Colman - Stephen Dallas
- Lois Moran - Laurel Dallas
- Vera Lewis - Miss Tibbets
- Maurice Murphy - Morrison Child
- Jean Hersholt - Ed Munn
- Director(s):
- Henry King
- Writer(s):
- Frances Marion
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