Blossoms in the Dust

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1941-07-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(1085 Reviews)

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Genres:

Biography Drama Romance

Cast:

Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Felix Bressart Marsha Hunt

Writer:

Anita Loos (screen play)

Ralph Wheelwright (story)

Fullplot:

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. 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.

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