Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley
Barbara Stanwyck gave one of her inimitable and wonderfully enigmatic performances as a mill worker who marries her way into high society and soon experiences layers of frustration. Channeling her res...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 8, 2005
Stats: 97 reviews
Although the first few minutes has a cheesy love story, the film picks up itself with some very interesting moments and subject concerning the high class. Of course, Barbara Stanwyck great performance gives a lot of energy and attitude to the film.
Barbara Stanwyck's character is so interesting and so unique and the film itself is so masterful in it's development. I love this film so much.
I really enjoyed this! Mainly the main character Stella- played brilliantly by Barbara Stanwyck (who rightfuly earned an Oscar nomination for this, and although I haven't seen the other nominees, or even heard of them, she should have won- it was the "I am not getting a divorce a...( read more)
Barbara Stanwyck gives a sensational performance as the horribly common but magnificently fine sacrificing mother.
One of the great melodramas, "Stella Dallas" is like a non-noirish "Mildred Pierce"--except her daughter isn't such a venomous little bitch. However, when the...( read more)
This was a great movie about a woman who wants to be a social climber but just dosent have good breeding and quits trying to better herself, It was unexpected for her to fall so far. . You start out liking the character and go back and forth on that. She is a good and loving moth...( read more)
Barbara Stanwyck outshines everyone else in this film, really drawing on Stella's annoyingand manipulative nature, and yet leaving the audience torn between hate and pity for her, as she is also quite naive and innocent. The ending was so beautifully bittersweet it almost made me...( read more)
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