So Big! (1932) - film review

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So Big! is an American film first released in 1932, directed by William A. Wellman. The film is based on a novel by Edna Ferber and stars Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore, Bette Davis and Mae Madison. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: William A. Wellman
Script: J. Grubb Alexander, Edna Ferber (novel), Robert Lord
Photo: Sidney Hickox
Music: W. Franke Harling
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Selina Peake De Jong), George Brent (Roelf Pool), Dickie Moore (Dirk De Jong (younger)), Bette Davis (Miss Dallas O’Mara), Mae Madison (Julie Hempel), Hardie Albright (Dirk De Jong), Alan Hale (Klass Poole), Earle Foxe (Pervus De Jong), Robert Warwick (Simeon Peake, Gambler), Dorothy Peterson (Maartje Pool), Noel Francis (Mabel, a ’Fancy Woman’), Dick Winslow (Roelf, age 12), André Cheron (The General (scenes deleted)), Guy Kibbee (August Hemple (scenes deleted)), Martha Mattox (Maiden Aunt (scenes deleted)), Willard Robertson (The Doctor (scenes deleted)), Arthur Stone (Jan Steen (scenes deleted)), Max Barwyn (Bald Waiter), Lionel Belmore (Reverend Dekker), Wilson Benge (Paula’s Butler), Harry Beresford (Adam Ooms, the Basket Auctioneer), Blanche Friderici (Widow Paarlenburg), Betty Jane Graham (Agnes), Harry Holman (Country Doctor), Olin Howland (Jacob Pogadunk), Eulalie Jensen (Mrs. Hempel), Payne B. Johnson (Barbara Stanwick’s baby), John Larkin (Jeff, the Black Waiter), Rita La Roy (Mrs. Paula Storm), Elizabeth Patterson (Mrs. Tebbit), Lon Poff (Deacon), Emma Ray (Maiden Aunt), Anne Shirley (Selina Peake, as a Child)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 81 min; B&W

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