So Big!

1932
U
1h 21m

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After Selina's father dies, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.After Selina's father dies, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.After Selina's father dies, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.

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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
(uncredited)

Director
- William A. Wellman
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Trivia
One of Barbara Stanwyck's favorites of her own film.

Goofs
When Selina leaves the kitchen/dining room in the Pool household she closes the door in a normal manner however there is no sound of the door closing.

Quotes
Dirk De Jong: Must a man be an artist to interst you?
Miss Dallas O'Mara: Good Lord, no! I'll probably marry some horny-handed son of toil, and if I do, the horny hands'll win me. I like them with their scars on them. There's something about a man who has fought for it: the look in his eye, the feel of his hands. You haven't a mark on you, Dirk, not a mark. You gave up being an architect because it was an uphill, disheartening job at the time. I don't say you should have kept on. For all I know, you were a terrible architect. But if you had kept on, if you'd loved it enough to keep on fighting and struggling, why that fight would show in your face today--in your eyes, in your whole being.
Dirk De Jong: In the name of Heaven, Dallas, I have...
Miss Dallas O'Mara: I'm not criticizing you, but...but you're all smooth. And I like 'em bumpy.

Connections
Featured in Complicated Women (2003)

Soundtracks
Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built For Two)
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Dacre (1892)
Played as background in the opening scene

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10/10

So Big! So Wonderful!

"So Big!" has been filmed three times, once before this version (a lost film from the original flapper Colleen Moore) and once after. But this is the treatment that rings true; this is the "So Big!" that really is so big.

Barbara Stanwyck successfully ages from schoolgirl to aged mother in this film. The story is beautiful (based on Edna Farber's novel) and the acting is superb. You can't help but cry at the end! Don't miss an early screen appearance from Bette Davis!

"So Big!" is shown on Turner Classic Movies at times, but make sure it's the Stanwyck version and not the Jane Wyman re-remake. It's worth the effort.