Blossoms in the Dust
The stirring saga of a childless beauty...who was determined to be a mother!
1941 | 99m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
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| Writer: | Anita Loos, Dorothy Yost, Ralph Wheelwright, Hugo Butler |
| Staring: |
| Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 15, 1941 |
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| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Writer: | Anita Loos, Dorothy Yost, Ralph Wheelwright, Hugo Butler |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | texas, adoption, biography, orphan, bigotry, illegitimate child |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Greer Garson | Edna Gladney |
| Walter Pidgeon | Sam Gladney |
| Felix Bressart | Dr. Max Breslar |
| Marsha Hunt | Charlotte |
| Fay Holden | Mrs. Catherine Kahly |
| Samuel S. Hinds | Mr. George Kahley |
| Kathleen Howard | Mrs. Sarah Keats |
| George Lessey | Mr. Keats |
| William Henry | Allan Keats |
| Henry O'Neill | Judge |
| John Eldredge | Damon McPherson |
| Clinton Rosemond | Zeke |
| Theresa Harris | Cleo |
| Charles Arnt | G. Harrington Hedger |
| Cecil Cunningham | Mrs. Marcus Gilworth |
| Marc Lawrence | Bert La Verne |
| Edith Evanson | Hilda |
| Edward Fielding | Judge |
| Harry Hayden | Senator |
| Howard Hickman | Senator |
| Selmer Jackson | Senator |
| Cy Kendall | Harrington |
| Clarence Kolb | Senator |
| Carroll Nye | Mr. Loring |
| Oscar O'Shea | Dr. West |
| Emory Parnell | Senator |
| Almira Sessions | Mrs. Brown |
| Emmett Vogan | Joshua Bedlow |
| Douglas Wood | Senator |
| Will Wright | Senator |
| Mary Taylor | Helen |
| Claire Du Brey | Nurse at Sammy's Birth |
| Frank Faylen | Man with Man Carrying Dead Child |
| Edwin Maxwell | City Councilman |
| Frank McLure | Senate Gallery Spectator |
| Roger Moore | Notary |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Anita Loos | Writer |
| Mervyn LeRoy | Director |
| Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Dorothy Yost | Writer |
| Adrian | Costume Design |
| Herbert Stothart | Original Music Composer |
| W. Howard Greene | Director of Photography |
| Ralph Wheelwright | Writer |
| Hugo Butler | Writer |
| George Boemler | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mervyn LeRoy | Producer |
| Irving Asher | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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