Stella Dallas (radio series)

Stella Dallas (radio series)

"Stella Dallas" was an America radio soap opera that ran from 1937 to 1955. The title character was the beautiful daughter of an impoverished farmhand who had married above her station in life. She was played for the entire run of the series by Anne Elstner.Her husband Stephen Dallas was portrayed at various times by Leo McCabe, Arthur Hughes and Frederick Tazere. Initially, Joy Hathaway played Stella's daughter Laurel with Vivian Smolen later taking over the role. Laurel's husband was Dick Grosvenor (played by Carleton Young, Macdonald Carey, Spencer Bentley, George Lambert and Michael Fitzmaurice).

The series was created and produced by the husband and wife team of Frank and Anne Hummert, based on the 1923 novel "Stella Dallas" by Olive Higgins Prouty. The 15-minute drama began as a local show in New York City in late 1937, in the wake of the successful movie version starring Barbara Stanwyck, and was picked up by the NBC radio network beginning June 6, 1938, running weekday afternoons. [" [http://www.mwotrc.com/rr2004_08/stella.htm Save Our Stella] ", Metro Washington Old Time Radio Club.]

The program's opening told the premise of the drama::We give you now "Stella Dallas", a continuation on the air of the true-to-life story of mother love and sacrifice, in which Stella Dallas saw her own beloved daughter marry into wealth and society and, realizing the differences in their tastes and worlds, went out of Laurel's life. [Luther F. Sies, "Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920–1960", McFarland & Company, 2000, p. 554. ISBN 0-7864-0452-3.]

References

External links

* " [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760635,00.html?promoid=googlep Hummerts' Mill] ", "Time", January 23, 1939.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Stella Dallas — can refer to:* Stella Dallas (novel), a 1920 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty * Stella Dallas (1925 film), a 1925 film adaptation of the novel * Stella Dallas (1937 film), a 1937 film adaptation of the novel * Stella Dallas (radio series), a… …   Wikipedia

  • Dallas (name) — Dallas Gender Unisex Origin Word/Name Scottish, English Meaning From the Dales, The valley meadows Other names …   Wikipedia

  • List of U.S. radio programs — The radio programs listed below are all from the United States.0 9* 2000 Plus * 2000X (2000) * 21st Precinct A* The A P Gypsies , variety, 1930, NBC Red, 8:30 9:30 p.m. Mondays); The host and band leader was Harry Horlick; Announcers were… …   Wikipedia

  • The Good Guys (2010 TV series) — For other uses, see The Good Guys (disambiguation). The Good Guys The Good Guys promotional logo Genre Police procedural Action comedy …   Wikipedia

  • Стелла Даллас (фильм) — Стелла Даллас Stella Dallas Жанр мелодрама Режиссёр Кинг Видор …   Википедия

  • Стелла Даллас — Stella Dallas Жанр мелодрама Режиссёр Кинг Видор …   Википедия

  • The Apprentice (TV series) — The Apprentice Genre Reality television Created by Mark Burnett Composer(s) Jeff …   Wikipedia

  • John Boles — Nombre real John Love Boles Nacimiento 28 de octubre de 1895 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Hattie McDaniel — Infobox actor bgcolour = silver name = Hattie McDaniel imagesize = 240px birthdate = June 10, 1895 location = Wichita, Kansas deathdate = October 26, 1952 (aged Age at date|1895|6|10|1952|11|26) deathplace = Woodland Hills, California, spouse =… …   Wikipedia

  • 1937 in film — The year 1937 in film involved some significant events. Events *April 16 Way Out West premieres in the US. *May 7 Shall We Dance premieres in the US.Top grossing films:North America # Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs # Maytime # Saratoga # One… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”