“Mrs. Dallas, I wrote you a letter, and in it I stated..”
“You don't have to tell me what you stated, just tell me what you meant.”
Stella Dallas is an emotional story about the sacrifices of motherhood. Barbara Stanwyck gives a powerful performance as Stella Dallas, a young working-class mother, whose life begins to take a toll as her husband falls in love with a more wealthy woman, and realizes she’d be able to take care of her child better than she could.
There’s a scene at the very end, where Stella is watching her daughter’s wedding, and as her daughter Laurel kisses her husband, it cuts to Stella with tears continuously stream down her face. It’s incredibly shot and paced, and showcases why Stanwyck is one of my favorite actresses of all time.
“Mrs. Dallas, I wrote you a letter, and in it I stated..”
“You don't have to tell me what you stated, just tell me what you meant.”
Stella Dallas is an emotional story about the sacrifices of motherhood. Barbara Stanwyck gives a powerful performance as Stella Dallas, a young working-class mother, whose life begins to take a toll as her husband falls in love with a more wealthy woman, and realizes she’d be able to take care of her child better than she could.
There’s a scene at the very end, where Stella is watching her daughter’s wedding, and as her daughter Laurel kisses her husband, it cuts to Stella with tears continuously stream down her face. It’s incredibly shot and paced, and showcases why Stanwyck is one of my favorite actresses of all time.
