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