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Alice Joyce (left) and Belle Bennett.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Stella Dallas
(1925) United States of America
B&W : 11 reels / 10,157 feet
Directed by Henry King
Cast: Ronald Colman [Stephen Dallas Jr.], Alice Joyce [Helen Dane / Mrs. Morrison], Belle Bennett [Stella Martin / Stella Dallas], Lois Moran [Laurel Dallas], Jean Hersholt [Ed Munn], Douglas Fairbanks Jr. [Richard Grosvenor], Charles Lane [Stephen Dallas Sr.], Vera Lewis [Miss Philiburn], Beatrix Prior [Mrs. Grosvenor]; Maurice Murphy [Morrison child], Newton Hall [Morrison child], Jack Murphy [Morrison child], Robert W. Gillette [older Morrison child], Winston Miller [older Morrison child], Charles Hatten [older Morrison child], Coy Watson Jr.
Samuel Goldwyn, Incorporated, production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Adapted for the screen (scenario) by Frances Marion, from the novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty. Art direction by Arthur Stibolt. Costume design by Sophie Wachner. Assistant director, Roger Heman Sr. Photographer (cinematography), Arthur Edeson. Film editor, Stuart Heisler. Presented by Samuel Goldwyn. / © 24 February 1926 by Samuel Goldwyn, Incorporated [LP22421]. Premiered 16 November 1925 at Apollo Theatre in New York, New York. Released 22 November 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Fairbanks was only 15 years old when this picture was shot. Balio-UA p. ? lists the general release as 29 August 1926.
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5384.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Embezzlement - Death: Suicide - Divorce - Marriage - Motherhood - Small town life - Society: Social classes, Socialites - USA: New York: New York - Widows
Listing updated: 10 April 2011.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.5384; Balio-UA p. ?; Bohn-Light p. 91; Brownlow-Parade pp. 106, 112-113; Everson-American pp. 164, 165, 310l; Fell-History p. 110; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 55; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 61, 66; Leish-Cinema p. 53; Quirk-Colman pp. 17, 84, 85-86, 87, 98; Smith-Colman pp. 32, 49-53, 61, 64, 298; Watson-Keystone p. 308; Weaver-Twenty p. 452 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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