Stella Dallas /

Stella Dallas /

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:	Stella Dallas (Motion picture : 1937)
Edition:	Full screen.
Imprint:	Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2005.
Description:	1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English Spanish
Series:	MGM DVD MGM DVD.
Subject:	Mothers and daughters -- Drama. Single mothers -- United States -- Drama. Social classes -- United States -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Man-woman relationships. Mothers and daughters. Single mothers. Social classes. United States. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Drama.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9864129

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:	Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974. Mason, Sarah Y., 1896-1980. Heerman, Victor, 1892-1977. Vidor, King, 1894-1982. Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990. Boles, John. Shirley, Anne, 1918-1993. O'Neil, Barbara, 1910-1980. Hale, Alan, 1892-1950. Maté, Rudolph, 1899-1964. Gribble, Harry Wagstaff, 1896-1981. Purcell, Gertrude. Prouty, Olive Higgins, 1882-1974. Stella Dallas.
Other authors / contributors:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
ISBN:	0792865812 9780792865810
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937. Based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty. "Dramatization by Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Gertrude Purcell." Recorded in Dolby digital mono. Photography, Rudolph Maté ; film editor, Sherman Todd. Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale. DVD; Dolby Digital. Closed-captioned; English and Spanish soundtracks with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.
Summary:	Stella, an uncouth, lower-class woman, marries wealthy, well-bred Stephen Dallas to escape her poor surroundings. When their class differences lead to divorce, she undergoes a self-sacrificing struggle to give their daughter a better life, away from her damaging influence.
Target Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:	Academy Award Nomination for Best Actress (Stanwyck).
Standard no.:	027616881526
Publisher's no.:	1004045 MGM Home Entertainment

Description
Summary:	Produced by Sam Goldwyn, this second film version of Olive Higgins Prouty's Stella Dallas is by far the best. The combined talents of Goldwyn, director King Vidor and star Barbara Stanwyck lift this property far above the level of mere soap opera. Stanwyck is perfectly cast as Stella Martin, the loud, vulgar factory-town girl who snares wealthy husband Stephen Dallas (John Boles). When Stephen is offered a job in New York, Stella stays behind, knowing that she'll never be part of her husband's social circle. She pals around platonically with her old beau, the cheap and tasteless Ed Munn (Alan Hale), a fact that drives yet another wedge between Stella and her husband. The final straw is daughter Laurel's (Anne Shirley) birthday party, which is boycotted by the local bluenoses. Though she would like to remain part of her daughter's life, Stella knows that she and she alone is the reason that Laurel is shunned by the rest of the community. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937. Based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty. "Dramatization by Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Gertrude Purcell." Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; Dolby Digital.
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:	Academy Award Nomination for Best Actress (Stanwyck).
Production Credits:	Photography, Rudolph Maté ; film editor, Sherman Todd.
ISBN:	0792865812 9780792865810