21 Sep 1929
The Lady Lies
Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman.
So Big!
Edna Ferber's epic of American Womanhood
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Top Billed Cast
Barbara Stanwyck Selina Peake De Jong
George Brent Adult Roelf Pool
Dickie Moore Young Dirk De Jong
Bette Davis Miss Dallas O'Mara
Mae Madison Julie Hempel
Hardie Albright Adult Dirk De Jong
Alan Hale Klass Pool
Earle Foxe Pervus De Jong
Robert Warwick Simeon Peake
Dorothy Peterson Maartje Pool
Noel Francis Mabel
Dick Winslow Young Roelf Pool
Max Barwyn Bald Waiter (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore Reverend Dekker (uncredited)
Wilson Benge Paula's Butler (uncredited)
Harry Beresford Adam Ooms (uncredited)
Blanche Friderici Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)
Betty Jane Graham Agnes (uncredited)
Harry Holman Doctor (uncredited)
Olin Howland Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
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