Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

The stirring saga of a childless beauty...who was determined to be a mother!

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1941-08-15
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 30 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Mervyn LeRoy
star 6.5/10
From 30 Ratings
6.9

Summary

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.

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  • Greer Garson

    as Edna Gladney
  • Walter Pidgeon

    as Sam Gladney
  • Felix Bressart

    as Dr. Max Breslar
  • Marsha Hunt

    as Charlotte
  • Fay Holden

    as Mrs. Catherine Kahly
  • Samuel S. Hinds

    as Mr. George Kahley
  • Kathleen Howard

    as Mrs. Sarah Keats
  • George Lessey

    as Mr. Keats
  • William Henry

    as Allan Keats
  • Henry O'Neill

    as Judge
  • John Eldredge

    as Damon McPherson
  • Clinton Rosemond

    as Zeke
  • Theresa Harris

    as Cleo
  • Charles Arnt

    as G. Harrington Hedger
  • Cecil Cunningham

    as Mrs. Marcus Gilworth
  • Marc Lawrence

    as Bert La Verne
  • Edith Evanson

    as Hilda
  • Edward Fielding

    as Judge
  • Harry Hayden

    as Senator
  • Howard Hickman

    as Senator
  • Selmer Jackson

    as Senator
  • Cy Kendall

    as Harrington
  • Clarence Kolb

    as Senator
  • Carroll Nye

    as Mr. Loring
  • Oscar O'Shea

    as Dr. West
  • Emory Parnell

    as Senator
  • Almira Sessions

    as Mrs. Brown
  • Emmett Vogan

    as Joshua Bedlow
  • Douglas Wood

    as Senator
  • Will Wright

    as Senator
  • Mary Taylor

    as Helen
  • Claire Du Brey

    as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
  • Frank Faylen

    as Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
  • Edwin Maxwell

    as City Councilman
  • Frank McLure

    as Senate Gallery Spectator
  • Roger Moore

    as Notary
Writing Ralph Wheelwright Writer
Directing Mervyn LeRoy Director
Writing Anita Loos Writer
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Sound Herbert Stothart Original Music Composer
Camera W. Howard Greene Director of Photography
Camera Karl Freund Director of Photography
Editing George Boemler Editor
Costume & Make-Up Adrian Costume Design
Writing Dorothy Yost Writer
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Production Irving Asher Producer
Production Mervyn LeRoy Producer
Writing Hugo Butler Writer
Sound Douglas Shearer Sound Director

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