Stella Dallas (1925)
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67% of users liked it
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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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- King Vidor, Henry King
- Written By
- Harry Wagstaff Gribble, Olive Higgins Prouty
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1925 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Edmund Wilson, The New Republic
Though it includes some respectable elements, it is essentially a trashy moving picture based on a trashy story.
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Variety Staff, Variety
A mother picture. Not a great picture, but a great mother picture. Its sentiment is terrific.
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Cast
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Belle Bennett
as Stella Dallas
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Ronald Colman
as Stephen Dallas
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Alice Joyce
as Helen Morrison
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Lois Moran
as Laurel Dallas
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Richard Grosvenor
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Vera Lewis
as Miss Tibbets
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Newton Hall
as Morrison Child
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Beatrice Pryor
as Mrs. Grosvenor
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Jean Hersholt
as Ed Munn
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Winston Miller
as Morrison Child 10 Years Later
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Maurice Murphy
as Morrison Child
- Coy Watson Jr.
- Barbara Stanwyck
- John Boles
- Anne Shirley
- Barbara O'Neil
- Alan Hale
