Barbara Stanwyck
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So Big is a 1932 pre-Code American drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck. The screenplay by J. Grubb Alexander and Robert Lord is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, by Edna Ferber. So Big was the second full-scale screen
So Big!: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore, Bette Davis. After Selina's father dies, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.
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- Drama, Romance
- William A. Wellman
- 1932-04-30
So Big (1932) is the third of four film versions of Edna Ferber's 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about an indomitable widow, Selina Peake Dejong, who struggles to eke out a living for herself and her son in a hardscrabble Midwest farm.
So Big! (1932) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In the 1890s, Selina Peake was being raised in Chicago by her widowed father, who lost everything to gambling. He is killed when Selina is a young woman, leaving her penniless and forced to take a job as a schoolteacher in a small Dutch community.
A woman (Barbara Stanwyck) feels that her sacrifices for her son (Hardie Albright) are wasted when he becomes a bond salesman instead of an architect.
- Drama
Apr 9, 2014 · Based upon Edna Ferber’s Pulitzer-winning book of the same name, So Big! is a solid attempt at a two-generation saga. The book became a runaway success, and this film adaptation of the book was a hit too.
