Stella Dallas (1925 film)
| Stella Dallas | |
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| Directed by | Henry King |
| Written by | Frances Marion |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Starring | Ronald Colman Belle Bennett Lois Moran |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
| Box office | $1.5 million[1] |
Stella Dallas is a 1925 American silent film that was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, adapted by Frances Marion, and directed by Henry King. The film stars Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Lois Moran, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.[2][3] Prints of the film survive in several film archives.[4]
Plot
Stella Dallas (Belle Bennett), 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 (Lois Moran), the Dallases go their separate ways.[5]
Cast
- Ronald Colman as Stephen Dallas
- Belle Bennett as Stella Dallas
- Alice Joyce as Helen Morrison
- Jean Hersholt as Ed Munn
- Beatrix Pryor as Mrs Grosvenor
- Lois Moran as Laurel Dallas
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Richard Grosvenor
- Charles Willis Lane as Stephen Dallas, Sr.
- Vera Lewis as Mrs. Tibbetts
- Maurice Murphy as Morrison child
- Jack Murphy as Morrison child
- Newton Hall as Morrison child
- Charles Hatton as Morrison child (older)
- Robert W. Gillette as Morrison child (older)
- Winston Miller as Morisson child (older)
References
- ^ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) p 942 accessed 19 April 2014
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Stella Dallas
- ^ Stella Dallas at The Alice Joyce Website, by Greta De Groat
- ^ "Stella Dallas". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ^ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/stella-dallas-v111693
External links
- Stella Dallas (1925) at IMDb
- Stella Dallas at AllMovie
- Stella Dallas at the TCM Movie Database
- Stella Dallas at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Stella Dallas at SilentEra
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