"Don't let's ask for the moon! We have the stars!" The film that concludes with Bette Davis's famous words, reaffirmed Davis's own stardom and changed the way Americans smoked cigarettes. But few contemporary fans of this story of a woman's self-realisation know its source. Olive Higgins Prouty's 1941 novel 'Now, Voyager' provides an even richer, ...
This is the story of Stella, the ambitious, small-town girl who traps impoverished, upper-class Stephen Dallas into marriage. It describes the love they both feel for their daughter, Helen, and the effect this love has on their relationship.
Olive Higgins Prouty (1882-1974) was an American novelist, best known for her pioneering consideration of psychotherapy in Now, Voyager and her feminist melodrama Stella Dallas (1922). The latter was used as the basis for two successful films - the 1937 version, which starred Barbara Stanwyck, was nominated for two Academy Awards - and a radio ...
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