Barbara Stanwyck
Pauline `'Polly'` Fulton Brett
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B.F.'s Daughter. B.F.'s Daughter is a 1948 drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin. It was adapted from John P. Marquand 's 1946 novel of the same name, about a prominent couple whose marital tensions come to a boiling point during World War II. The book was controversial for its treatment of social ...
A richly detailed, elegantly crafted tale about the search for happiness in the chaos of wartime, B.F.’s Daughter is one of John P. Marquand’s warmest and most empathetic novels. Genres FictionComing Of AgeHistorical FictionAmerican. 439 pages, Hardcover. First published January 1, 1946. Book details & editions.
- (78)
- Hardcover
- John P. Marquand
Jul 14, 2015 · The daughter of a powerful industrialist seeks to live on her own terms in this entertaining portrait of the American home front during World War II Polly Fulton, the daughter of one of America’s most successful and admired businessmen, lives with her parents and brother in a thirty-room apartment on New York City’s Park Avenue.
- (38)
- John P. Marquand
B.F.'s Daughter: Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Richard Hart. Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.
- (801)
- Drama, Romance
- Robert Z. Leonard
- 1948-04-02
In New York, restless Polly Fulton (Barbara Stanwyck), the daughter of wealthy industrialist B.F. Fulton (Charles Coburn), meets economics professor Tom Brett (Van Heflin) and falls for him ...
- Drama
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Robert Z. Leonard
The daughter of a powerful industrialist seeks to live on her own terms in this entertaining portrait of the American home front during World War II Polly Fulton, the daughter of one of America’s most successful and admired businessmen, lives with her parents and brother in a thirty-room apartment on New York City’s Park Avenue.
Polly Fulton, the daughter of one of America’s most successful and admired businessmen, lives with her parents and brother in a thirty-room apartment on New York City’s Park Avenue. Yet she despises the superficial trappings of wealth and delights in defying convention.
