Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
by Mervyn LeRoy
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Actor: Ottola NesmithDirector: Mervyn LeRoy
Brand: Warner
Primary Contributor: Greer Garson
Primary Contributor: Walter Pidgeon
Primary Contributor: Felix Bressart
Primary Contributor: Marsha Hunt
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 100 minutes
Published: 1941
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Product features:
- Blossoms in the Dust is the heartfelt story of the woman who worked that miracle time and time again.
- Theatrical Trailer
- 1 DVD / 100 Minutes
Movie Reviews of Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Movie Review: Fictional account of Edna Browning Kahly Gladney
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a movie based somewhat loosely on Edna Browning Kahly Gladney, who successfully lobbied the Texas Legislature to take the word "illegitimate" off of birth certificates. She also wanted to ensure adopted children the same inheritance rights of other children and better living conditions for all diadvantged children in the states care. This is a wonderful, mainly fictional movie that tells the story of a woman courageous enough to take on the state of Texas so that children could be adopted into homes that may not have wanted them if they knew they were "creatures of shame".
I wish more people knew the real story behind sealed adoption records so that those who want to keep them close could no longer twist Mrs. Gladney's story to suit their agenda. In the early 20th century records had to be sealed so that ALL children could have the possibility of being accepted into good, loving homes and have the same rights as other children.
Adoption records were sealed to protect children then and now if an adult adoptee wants their records they should be able to get them, unless the birth parent(s) have asked that they not be opened. Over the last eight decades medical knowledge has improved dramatically and letting adoptees have their records could potentially save their life (I speak from experience, not mine but a very special person that might be alive if they had been able to get their records before they were terminally ill. They had asked for them more than 10 years before they were diagnosed and was denied, more than once. What is so astonishing is that once they were diagnosed as terminal, they could get the records that were denied. Too little, too late, to save them; it's just wrong (IMHHO)). In keeping records sealed, states are potentially sentencing innocent people to death because they cannot get their records to see if they or their future children are at risk for anything.
I love Greer Garson and wish they would do a Greer Garson Collection and/or a Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon Collection. She is one of my favorite actresses, I love all her movies. She was great in everything she did, but I love every movie she did with Walter Pidgeon. Unfortunately, not all of their movies are on DVD.
Summary of Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
They are shunned, these babies of unmarried mothers - ignored, taunted, labeled "creatures of shame." But to Edna Gladney (Greer Garson), founder of the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society, every abandoned child deserves the miracle of a loving home. Blossoms in the Dust is the heartfelt story of the woman who worked that miracle time and time again. In her first pairing with Walter Pidgeon, Garson imbues this real-life heroine with beauty, tenderness and will. Every child has a right to be loved. Edna's devotion to that right echoes today as she declares, "There are no illegitimate babies... only illegitimate parents."Similar DVD Movies
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