Stella

Stella (1990)

She sacrificed her own dreams to make her daughter's dreams come true.

Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the perfect mother-daughter pair.

Date of release
1990-02-02
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (38)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
John Erman

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Stella Dallas, Stella Dallas, and Stella Dallas
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2

Stella is a 1990 American drama film produced by The Samuel Goldwyn Company and released by Touchstone Pictures. The screenplay by Robert Getchell is the third feature film adaptation of the 1923 novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty. Previous film versions were Stella Dallas (1937) and the silent film Stella Dallas (1925).

Production

According to John Candy's biography, he was in talks to play Stella Claire's working class love interest Ed Munn. However, when he was informed that Bette Midler demanded he do a screen test, Candy became incredulous proclaiming "who the (expletive) does she think she is?!" and declined. John Goodman was eventually cast in the role.

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