Blossoms in the Dust

The stirring saga of a childless beauty...who was determined to be a mother!

99 mins
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. 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.

Greer Garson

Edna Gladney

Walter Pidgeon

Sam Gladney

Felix Bressart

Dr. Max Breslar

Marsha Hunt

Charlotte

Fay Holden

Mrs. Catherine Kahly

Samuel S. Hinds

Mr. George Kahley

Kathleen Howard

Mrs. Sarah Keats

George Lessey

Mr. Keats

William Henry

Allan Keats

John Eldredge

Damon McPherson

Charles Arnt

G. Harrington Hedger

Cecil Cunningham

Mrs. Marcus Gilworth

Marc Lawrence

Bert La Verne

Cy Kendall

Harrington

Carroll Nye

Mr. Loring

Oscar O'Shea

Dr. West

Almira Sessions

Mrs. Brown

Emmett Vogan

Joshua Bedlow

Claire Du Brey

Nurse at Sammy's Birth

Frank Faylen

Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

Edwin Maxwell

City Councilman

Frank McLure

Senate Gallery Spectator

Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Irving Asher

Producer

Mervyn LeRoy

Producer

W. Howard Greene

Director of Photography

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Karl Freund

Director of Photography

Herbert Stothart

Original Music Composer

Adrian

Costume Design

Douglas Shearer

Sound Director

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