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starring: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Haledirected by: King Vidor
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302452990
Format: Black & White, Digital Sound, NTSC, Surround Sound
ISBN: 6302452996
Label: HBO Home Video
Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: HBO Home Video
Release Date: January 31, 1995
Running Time: 106 minutes
Sales Rank: 26334
Studio: HBO Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 06, 1937
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
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 restlessness, she soon makes a positive though highly self-sacrificial decision on her daughter's behalf, and endures the agony of being replaced in her husband's life by an old, blue-blooded flame. King Vidor (The Crowd) directs with a fascinating sense of duality about Stanwyck's character: is her lower-caste vulgarity something to sneer at or something to applaud for the contrast she presents to the mannered upper classes? Stanwyck plays the riddle brilliantly, right down to the final moment of her character's weird self-satisfaction at being ostracized from her daughter's honeyed life. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A wonderful mom story.
The mom (Barbara Stanwyck) is a tacky, tastless woman, but loves her little daughter so very much that she makes what I consider to be the ultimate sacrafice. I won't ruin the end for you by saying what she does, but it is one of my favorite old movies.
Don't bother with the re-make, which I believe was done in the 90's sometime. It's a terrible dissapointment.
Rating:  - Nice but not the best
The movie itself is the best,,,Barbara is awesome but the quality of the movie is not the best..Otherwise I love it.
Rating: - A dazzling performance, an amazing film
Barbara Stanwyck secured her place in film history with this story of a selfless mother living her life through her daughter (Anne Shirley). As a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Stanwyck flirts with, and then ends up marrying a local businessman (John Boles), several steps above her station. Not long after their union, it becomes apparent that their personalities, goals, and temperments just don't mix. Her husband asks for a divorce, but Stanwyck is determined to raise their daughter on ... Read More
Rating: - Stella Dallas
Excellent movie. I was delighted to find out that this movie was on DVD. I could only find this classic movie only available here. Be aware to shed some tears because this movie is well worth it. Good value for my money.
Rating: - Brilliant, story of mother love, sacrifice, and social class differences....
"Stella Dallas" is one of my favorite all-time, great classic films from the studios of Samuel Goldwyn. Barbara Stanwyck claimed in a future interview that S.D. was her favorite role...I most certainly agree. Aside from her roles in "Sorry, Wrong Number," "Double Idemnity," and even her Victoria Barkley role on T.V.'s "The Big Valley," Stanwyck made her strong impression on Depression era audiences with her portrayal of mill worker turned social climber S.D., making her all, so colorful and full ... Read More
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