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Stella Dallas

1937 · 106 min

A slow, heartbreaking melodrama that quietly builds to a devastating emotional payoff, leaving you moved and thoughtful.

Tagline
Sure - I like a good time!
Overview
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • identity
  • grief
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
King Vidor
Written by
Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman
Starring
Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale, Marjorie Main, George Walcott, Ann Shoemaker
Music
Alfred Newman
Cinematography
Rudolph Maté
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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