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Blossoms in the Dust
1941, Aug 15
1h 39m
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.
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Written by
Ralph Wheelwright, Dorothy Yost, Hugo Butler, Anita Loos
Marsha Hunt
Charlotte
Will Wright
Senator
Frank Faylen
Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
Roger Moore
Notary
Marc Lawrence
Bert La Verne
Emory Parnell
Senator
Walter Pidgeon
Sam Gladney
Greer Garson
Edna Gladney
Charles Arnt
G. Harrington Hedger
John Eldredge
Damon McPherson
Samuel S. Hinds
Mr. George Kahley
Henry O'Neill
Judge
William Henry
Allan Keats
Selmer Jackson
Senator
Almira Sessions
Mrs. Brown
Claire Du Brey
Nurse at Sammy's Birth
Howard Hickman
Senator
Emmett Vogan
Joshua Bedlow
Felix Bressart
Dr. Max Breslar
Clarence Kolb
Senator
Frank McLure
Senate Gallery Spectator
Edwin Maxwell
City Councilman
Edith Evanson
Hilda
Oscar O'Shea
Dr. West
Fay Holden
Mrs. Catherine Kahly
Kathleen Howard
Mrs. Sarah Keats
Theresa Harris
Cleo
Carroll Nye
Mr. Loring
Cecil Cunningham
Mrs. Marcus Gilworth
George Lessey
Mr. Keats
Edward Fielding
Judge
Harry Hayden
Senator
Cy Kendall
Harrington
Douglas Wood
Senator
Clinton Rosemond
Zeke
Mary Taylor
Helen
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