Stella Dallas

Resource Information

The work Stella Dallas represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Stella Dallas

Statement of responsibility

Samuel Goldwyn presents ; screen play by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman ; dramatization by Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Gertrude Purcell ; directed by King Vidor ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn

Creator

• Stella Dallas (Motion picture : 1937)

Contributor

• Day, Richard, 1894-1972
• Lewis, Vera, 1873-1956
• Colman, Ronald, 1891-1958
• Main, Marjorie, 1890-1975
• Marion, Frances, 1888-1973
• Mason, Sarah Y., 1896-1980
• Maté, Rudolph, 1899-1964
• Butler, Jimmie, 1921-1945
• Moran, Lois, 1909-1990
• Boles, John
• Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970
• O'Neil, Barbara, 1910-1980
• Bennett, Belle, 1891-1932
• Prouty, Olive Higgins, 1882-1974
• Pryor, Beatrix
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Purcell, Gertrude
• Satterlee, Bruce, 1922-1997
• United Artists Corporation
• Shirley, Anne, 1918-1993
• Shoemaker, Ann
• Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990
• Stibolt, Arthur
• Todd, Sherman
• Vidor, King, 1894-1982
• Wachner, Sophie
• Walcott, George, 1914-1964
• Walker, Nella, 1886-1971
• Heerman, Victor, 1893-1977
• Heisler, Stuart, 1896-1979
• Gribble, Harry Wagstaff, 1896-1981
• Hersholt, Jean, 1886-1956
• Holt, Tim, 1918-1973
• Jones, Dickie, 1927-2014
• Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974
• Joyce, Alice
• Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000
• Kiam, Omar
• Egger, Jack, 1927-2010
• King, Henry, 1886-1982
• Edeson, Arthur, 1891-1970
• Lane, Charles, 1869-1945
• Hale, Alan, 1892-1950

Actor

• Satterlee, Bruce, 1922-1997
• Hersholt, Jean, 1886-1956
• Holt, Tim, 1918-1973
• Jones, Dickie, 1927-2014
• Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000
• Joyce, Alice
• Egger, Jack, 1927-2010
• Lane, Charles, 1869-1945
• Hale, Alan, 1892-1950
• Lewis, Vera, 1873-1956
• Colman, Ronald, 1891-1958
• Main, Marjorie, 1890-1975
• Butler, Jimmie, 1921-1945
• Moran, Lois, 1909-1990
• Walker, Nella, 1886-1971
• Walcott, George, 1914-1964
• Boles, John
• O'Neil, Barbara, 1910-1980
• Bennett, Belle, 1891-1932
• Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990
• Shoemaker, Ann
• Pryor, Beatrix
• Shirley, Anne, 1918-1993

Art director

• Stibolt, Arthur
• Day, Richard, 1894-1972

Costume designer

• Kiam, Omar
• Wachner, Sophie

Director of photography

• Edeson, Arthur, 1891-1970
• Maté, Rudolph, 1899-1964

Film director

• King, Henry, 1886-1982
• Vidor, King, 1894-1982

Film distributor

• Warner Home Video (Firm)

Film editor

• Heisler, Stuart, 1896-1979
• Todd, Sherman

Film producer

• Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974

Musical director

• Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970

Presenter

• Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974

Production company

• United Artists Corporation

Screenwriter

• Heerman, Victor, 1893-1977
• Gribble, Harry Wagstaff, 1896-1981
• Marion, Frances, 1888-1973
• Purcell, Gertrude
• Mason, Sarah Y., 1896-1980

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Mothers and daughters -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Social classes -- United States -- Drama
• French language materials -- Bilingual
• Film remakes
• Film adaptations
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Spanish language materials -- Bilingual
• Silent films
• Single mothers -- United States -- Drama

Genre

• Film remakes
• Film adaptations
• Feature films
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Silent films
• Fiction films

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Even after her marriage to well-bred Stephen Dallas ends, irrepressible Stella is determined to give their daughter the life she never had. When it comes down to her child's happiness versus her own, Stella's sacrifice is the epitome of bravery

Member of

• Stella Dallas (Motion picture : 1925)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Art direction, Richard Day ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; photography, Rudolph Maté ; costumes, Omar Kiam ; film editor, Sherman Todd. Stella Dallas (1925): photographer, Arthur Edeson ; film editor, Stuart Heisler ; art director, Arthur Stibolt ; costumes by Sophie Wachner

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Rating: Not rated

Language note

English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles

LC call number

• PN1997
• PN1997

LC item number

• .S74 2013
• .S748 2013

PerformerNote

Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neill, Alan Hale, Marjorie Main, George Walcott, Ann Shoemaker, Tim Holt, Nella Walker, Bruce Satterlee, Jimmy Butler, Jack Egger, Dickie Jones. Stella Dallas (1925): Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt, Lois Moran, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Charles Lane, Vera Lewis, Beatrix Prior

Runtime

106

Technique

live action