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Edna Gladney lost her son when he was very young. By chance she discovered the injustice within the law towards children whose parents are unknown, and decided to open an orphanage for these ...
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In Blossoms in the Dust (1941), based on a true story, Edna Gladney (Greer Garson) is greatly affected by two incidents in her life. One is the suicide of her adopted sister Charlotte (Marsha Hunt) who kills herself after her future in-laws discover she was illegitimate and refuse to let her marry their son.
Blossoms in the Dust is a 1941 American biographical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden and Samuel S. Hinds. It tells the story of Edna Gladney, who helped orphaned children find homes and began a campaign to remove the word "illegitimate" from Texas birth ...
NR 08/15/1941 (US) Drama , Romance 1h 39m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. The stirring saga of a childless beauty...who was determined to be a mother! Overview. Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young.
Blossoms in the Dust. DRAMA. Academy Award-winner Greer Garson ("Mrs. Miniver") received her second Oscar nomination for her moving portrayal of a Texas woman who overcomes the losses of her husband and child and founds a state orphanage. Co-starring Oscar-nominee Walter Pidgeon ("Mrs. Miniver," "Forbidden Planet").
Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it, despite the opposition of “conservative” citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock.
Academy Award winner Greer Garson stars in this heartwarming, true story of the life of Edna Gladney, who, after overcoming a series of trials that would defeat a lesser person, devotes her life to the care of orphaned or unwanted children as she strives to end the stigma and shame forced upon children born outside of wedlock--children who are ...
