120: Stella Dallas versus Veda Pierce
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 120
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Episode description
We begin Stanwyck Summer with one of her most iconic films, and greatest performances. Stella Dallas is pure melodrama, so sudsy that the name was taken by a radio soap opera. Stella is a working-class woman with a daughter she wants to give all the things she never had. Will she succeed? Will her daughter be grateful? Tune in tomorrow!
Shelly Brisbin with Nathan Alderman, Randy Dotinga and Micheline Maynard.
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