Lions, Towers & Shields

120: Stella Dallas versus Veda Pierce

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We begin Stanwyck Summer with one of her most iconic films, and greatest performances. Stella Dallas is pure melodrama, so sudsy that the name was taken by a radio soap opera. Stella is a working-class woman with a daughter she wants to give all the things she never had. Will she succeed? Will her daughter be grateful? Tune in tomorrow!

Stella Dallas

Shelly Brisbin with Nathan Alderman, Randy Dotinga and Micheline Maynard

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      • 32 FIlmed On Satin
      • 50 What Is She Talking About? Stop That!
      • 102 Am I A Bad Cinephile?
      • 70 Things Just Keep Happening And Nothing Makes Sense
      • 95 My Film Erogenous Zones
      • 3 More Permy Over Time
      • 9 A Numerical Scale Of Trash Men
      • 41 The Barbara O’Neil Memorial Highway
      • 118 Planting Bulbs In The Spring
      • 23 A Perfect Spherical Cow

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