Directed by:
Mervyn LeRoyScreenplay:
Anita LoosComposer:
Herbert StothartCast:
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden, Kathleen Howard, Samuel S. Hinds, William Henry, Henry O'Neill, John Eldredge (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
They are shunned, these babies of unmarried mothers - ignored, taunted, labeled "creatures of shame." But to Edna Gladney (Greer Garson), founder of the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society, every abandoned child deserves the miracle of a loving home. Blossoms in the Dust is the heartfelt story of the woman who worked that miracle time and time again. In her first pairing with Walter Pidgeon, Garson imbues this real-life heroine with beauty, tenderness and will. Every child has a right to be loved. Edna's devotion to that right echoes today as she declares, "There are no illegitimate babies... only illegitimate parents." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Greer Garson
UK
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Madame Curie (1943)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Walter Pidgeon
Canada
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Madame Curie (1943)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Felix Bressart
German Empire
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Edison, the Man (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Marsha Hunt
USA
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Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Fay Holden
UK
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Test Pilot (1938)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Canyon Passage (1946)
Kathleen Howard
Canada
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You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Laura (1944)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Samuel S. Hinds
USA
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Scarlet Street (1945)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
William Henry
USA
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Showdown (1963)
Henry O'Neill
USA
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The People Against O'Hara (1951)
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John Eldredge
USA
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Charles Arnt
USA
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Cecil Cunningham
USA
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It's a Wonderful World (1939)
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Ann Morrison
USA
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House of Strangers (1949)
The Tall Stranger (1957)
Mary Taylor
USA
Marc Lawrence
USA
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Marathon Man (1976)
Desire (1936)
Frank Darien
USA
Best movies:
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You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
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Frank Faylen
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Janet Shaw
USA
Best movies:
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Dell Henderson
Canada
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
The Crowd (1928)
Our Relations (1936)
Henry Roquemore
USA
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