If the Oscars had been created four years prior, both Belle Bennett and Stella Dallas would have become the first Best Actress and Best Outstanding Picture winners respectively. Bennett displays a wide range of emotions and fills every scene with such depth it is hard, if not impossible, not to bring tears to your eyes every time she makes a decision that deprives her from her own dignity and pride. I’ll try to get to the 1937 talkie version but I don’t think it will be as moving.
If the Oscars had been created four years prior, both Belle Bennett and Stella Dallas would have become the first Best Actress and Best Outstanding Picture winners respectively. Bennett displays a wide range of emotions and fills every scene with such depth it is hard, if not impossible, not to bring tears to your eyes every time she makes a decision that deprives her from her own dignity and pride. I’ll try to get to the 1937 talkie version but I don’t think it will be as moving.
