Directed by John M. Stahl • 1934 • United States
Starring Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson
Adapted from the novel by Fannie Hurst, this groundbreaking look at American racial attitudes traces the complex relationship that develops between Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert), a widowed white mother, and Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers), her Black housekeeper. The profitable pancake business that the two women start lifts them out of poverty—but with success comes a host of personal problems involving questions of race and romance. Director John M. Stahl explores issues of colorism, passing, and interracial friendship with a sensitivity decades ahead of its time.
Directed by John M. Stahl • 1935 • United States
Starring Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Charles Butterworth
In the role that launched his career, Robert Taylor stars as an alcoholic playboy who, after his drunken antics inadvertently cause the death of a physician and leave his widow (Irene Dunne)...
Directed by John M. Stahl • 1939 • United States
Starring Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O’Neil
Romance and heartbreak walk hand in hand when concert pianist Philip Chagal (Charles Boyer) meets Helen Lawrence (Irene Dunne) by chance in a restaurant where she works as a waitress. Unhappily m...
