Stella Dallas (1925)
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Directors
Henry King
Cast
Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt
The story
As described in a review in a 1925 film magazine, upon the suicide of his father who has embezzled funds, Stephen Dallas, reared in luxury, forsakes his sweetheart Helen and hides in a mill town. Lonely, he succumbs to the blandishments of Stella. For a while, their married life is happy, and a baby girl is born.
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Melodrama, drama film, silent film
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