Barbara Stanwyck
Selina Peake De Jong
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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.
- William A. Wellman
- Barbara Stanwyck
So Big! Summaries. 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. Selina lived well until her father Simeon died. Her aunts sold the estate and put her in a boarding school. As an adult she wants to be a teacher in farming country.
Feb 2, 2022 · So Big (1932): “Epic of American Womanhood” February 2, 2022 Melanie Novak 8 Comments. Barbara Stanwyck. Few novels have ever been as successful as Edna Ferber’s 1924 epic novel So Big . The story of Selina Peake De Jong, a woman who triumphed over widowhood, sexism, and the unforgiving midwestern soil captured the hearts of critics and audiences.
So Big! (1932) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Thrifty Chicago finishing-school student Selina (Barbara Stanwyck) arrives home to discover that her beloved gambler father has met his end, early in William A. Wellman's So Big, 1932, from the Edna Ferber novel.
