"A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future."
Barbara Stanwyck
as Stella Dallas
John Boles
as Stephen Dallas
Anne Shirley
as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Barbara O'Neil
as Helen Morrison
Alan Hale
as Ed Munn
Marjorie Main
as Mrs. Martin
George Walcott
as Charlie Martin
Ann Shoemaker
as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
Tim Holt
as Richard Grosvenor III
Nella Walker
as Mrs. Grosvenor
Bruce Satterlee
as Cornelius 'Con' Morrison
Jimmy Butler
as Con Morrison - Grown Up
Jack Egger
as John Morrison
Dickie Jones
as Lee Morrison
Jessie Arnold
as Ed's Landlady (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
as Mr. Beamer (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Laraine Day
as Girl at Soda Shop / Train Passenger (uncredited)
Ann Doran
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as Man on Train (uncredited)
Etta McDaniel
as Agnes (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
as Stephen's Business Friend (uncredited)
Lynne Roberts
as Student (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
as Arthur W. Morley (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Guest at River Club (uncredited)
Lillian Yarbo
as Gladys (uncredited)
Helen Parrish
Winifred Harris
as Miss Phillibrown's Companion on Train
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Adaptation
Gertrude Purcell
King Vidor
Director
Olive Higgins Prouty
Novel
Sarah Y. Mason
Screenplay
Victor Heerman
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Sherman Todd
Editor
Richard Day
Art Direction
Omar Kiam
Costume Design
Frank Maher
Sound Recordist
Rudolph Maté
Director of Photography
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Merritt Hulburd
Associate Producer
Music Director
