Stella Dallas (1925 film)
Stella Dallas is a 1925 American silent drama 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]
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| Directed by | Henry King |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Written by | Frances Marion |
| Based on | Stella Dallas 1923 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty |
| Starring | Ronald Colman Belle Bennett Lois Moran |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
| Box office | $1.5 million[1] |
This was the first feature film adaptation of the 1923 novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty. Subsequent film versions were Stella Dallas (1937) and Stella (1990).
Plot
Stella Dallas (Belle Bennett), a small town girl, 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 Morrison child (older)
References
- Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) p. 942 accessed April 19, 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.
- Stella Dallas at allmovie.com
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stella Dallas (1925 film). |
- Stella Dallas (1925) at IMDb
- Stella Dallas at AllMovie
- Stella Dallas at the TCM Movie Database
- Stella Dallas at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Stills at Alice Joyce, stanford.edu
- Stella Dallas program notes for 2012 San Francisco Silent Film Festival
- Stella Dallas blog post at silentlondon.co.uk
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