B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
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Barbara Stanwyck plays Polly Fulton, rebellious daughter of a wealthy industrialist (Charles Coburn). Polly marries a conservative economist professor (Richard Hart), but she chafes at his values and leaves him for socialist professor Van Heflin. Polly nearly ruins both her father's reputation and her own by embracing Heflin's radicalism. Based on a novel by J. P. Marquand, B.F.'s Daughter emerges as an unsubtle swipe at the policies of the late president Franklin Roosevelt; perhaps this was at the behest of MGM's arch-Republican head man Louis B. Mayer. In England, where the letters "B. F." comprise a euphemism for "bloody fool", the film was retitled Polly Fulton. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Z. Leonard
Synopsis of B.F.'s Daughter
Barbara Stanwyck plays Polly Fulton, rebellious daughter of a wealthy industrialist (Charles Coburn). Polly marries a conservative economist professor (Richard Hart), but she chafes at his values and leaves him for socialist professor Van Heflin. Polly nearly ruins both her father's reputation and her own by embracing Heflin's radicalism. Based on a novel by J. P. Marquand, B.F.'s Daughter emerges as an unsubtle swipe at the policies of the late president Franklin Roosevelt; perhaps this was at the behest of MGM's arch-Republican head man Louis B. Mayer. In England, where the letters "B. F." comprise a euphemism for "bloody fool", the film was retitled Polly Fulton. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of B.F.'s Daughter
- Barbara Stanwyck - Polly Fulton
- Charles Coburn - B.F. Fulton
- Richard Hart - Robert S. Tasmin
- Spring Byington - Gladys Fulton
- Barbara Laage - Eugenia Tatis
- Fred Nurney - Olaf
- Josette Deegan - Girl
- Barbara Laage - Eugenia Taris
- Dorothy Neumann - Girl with glasses
- Anne O'Neal - Receptionist
- Laura Treadwell - Emily Lovelace
- George Spaulding - Fred Lovelace
- Geraldine Wall - Secretary
- Pierre Watkin - Joe Stewart
- David Newell - Captain
- Wyndham Standing - F.W. White
- Hal K. Dawson - Frederick X. Gibson
- Van Heflin - Thomas W. Brett
- Keenan Wynn - Martin Delwyn Ainsley
- Margaret Lindsay - Apples Sandler
- Marshall Thompson - Sailor
- Thomas E. Breen - Maj. Riley
- Tito Vuolo - Waiter
- Elspeth Dudgeon - Mrs. Marbey
- Edna Holland - Maurine
- Bill Harbach - Co-Pilot
- Joe Recht - Soldier
- Edwin Cooper - Gen. Waldron
- Sam Harris - Wedding Guest
- Clarence Hennecke - Conductor
- Helen Spring - Mrs. Barstow
- Davison Clark - Doorman
- Tom Fadden - Mr. Holmquist
- Director(s):
- Robert Z. Leonard
- Writer(s):
- Luther Davis
- Producer(s):
- Edwin H. Knopf
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