A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future..
Is it worth your time? If you like movies that grab your heart and twist it until you’re honestly a bit embarrassed by how much you’re crying, then yes. Watch this today. If you prefer your dramas to have a bit of irony or distance, stay far away. This is pure, unfiltered earnestness. Barbara Stanwyck is doing somethi...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
King Vidor
Bruno Ziener
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"Is it worth your time? If you like movies that grab your heart and twist it until you’re honestly a bit embarrassed by how much you’re crying, then yes. Watch this today. If you prefer your dramas to have a bit of irony or distance, stay far away. This is pure, unfiltered earnestness. Barbara Stanwyck is doing something wild here. She plays Stella with this desperate, tacky energy that’s almost hard to look at sometimes. She’s wearing these hats that are just... too much. And that’s the point, ..."
John Boles
Victor Heerman, Gertrude Purcell, Olive Higgins Prouty, Sarah Y. Mason, Joe Bigelow, Harry Wagstaff Gribble
United States
Drama, Romance
