
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
Cast

Barbara Stanwyck
Stella Dallas

John Boles
Stephen Dallas

Anne Shirley
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas

Barbara O'Neil
Helen Morrison

Alan Hale
Ed Munn

Marjorie Main
Mrs. Martin

George Walcott
Charlie Martin

Ann Shoemaker
Miss Margaret Phillibrown

Tim Holt
Richard Grosvenor III

Nella Walker
Mrs. Grosvenor
Bruce Satterlee
Cornelius 'Con' Morrison

Jimmy Butler
Con Morrison - Grown Up
Jack Egger
John Morrison

Dickie Jones
Lee Morrison

Jessie Arnold
Ed's Landlady (uncredited)

Harlan Briggs
Mr. Beamer (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin
Train Passenger (uncredited)

Laraine Day
Girl at Soda Shop / Train Passenger (uncredited)

Ann Doran
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Lester Dorr
Man on Train (uncredited)

Etta McDaniel
Agnes (uncredited)

Forbes Murray
Stephen's Business Friend (uncredited)

Lynne Roberts
Student (uncredited)

Paul Stanton
Arthur W. Morley (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Guest at River Club (uncredited)

Lillian Yarbo
Gladys (uncredited)

Helen Parrish
Train Passenger (uncredited)

Winifred Harris
Miss Phillibrown's Companion on Train
Crew

King Vidor
Director
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Adaptation

Gertrude Purcell
Adaptation

Sarah Y. Mason
Screenplay

Victor Heerman
Screenplay
Olive Higgins Prouty
Novel
Sherman Todd
Editor

Rudolph Maté
Director of Photography

Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Merritt Hulburd
Associate Producer
Omar Kiam
Costume Design
Frank Maher
Sound Recordist

Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Richard Day
Art Direction
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