BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST - DVD

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• Release Year: 1941
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: She fought intolerance and ignorance to find homes for orphans; ; Greer Garson shines in a real-life tale of devotion.; ; 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. ; ; An Oscar® winner* and four-time nominee** including Best Picture, 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.”;
• Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden, Samuel S. Hinds, Kathleen Howard, George Lessey, William Henry, Henry O'Neill, John Eldredge, Clinton Rosemond, Theresa Harris, Charles Arnt, Cecil Cunningham, Ann Morriss, Richard Nichols, Pat Barker, Mary Zimbalist, Marc Lawrence, Ernie Alexander, Harry Allen, Sam Ash, Joan Barclay, Paul Barrett, Charles Bates, Arthur Belasco, Art Berry Sr., Margaret Bert, Henry Blair, Sally Ann Brown, Georgia Caine, Davison Clark, Dora Clement, David Clyde, Tristram Coffin, Nadine Conner, Carol Coombs, Georgie Cooper, Irene Crane, Madge Crane, Joseph Crehan, Oliver Cross, Sidney D'Albrook, Cliff Danielson, Sheila Darcy, Frank Darien, Marga Ann Deighton, John Dilson, Mike Donovan, Lester Dorr, Jane Drummond, Claire Du Brey, William Dudley, Estelle Etterre, Edith Evanson, Paul Everton, Frank Faylen, Edward Fielding, Roy Gordon, Harrison Greene, George Harris, Harry Hayden, Edward Hearn, Fay Helm, Dell Henderson, Howard C. Hickman, John Ince, Selmer Jackson, Edward Keane, Cy Kendall, Milton Kibbee, Clarence Kolb, Hope Landin, Kay Linaker, Mary MacLaren, Edwin Maxwell, Ralph McCullough, Florine McKinney, Edward McWade, Howard M. Mitchell, Roger Moore, Ann Morrison, Ottola Nesmith, Winifred Nimo, Carroll Nye, Anne O'Neal, Oscar O'Shea, Lotte Palfi Andor, Emory Parnell, Edward Peil Sr., Nora Perry, Paul Power, Purnell Pratt, Sandra Lee Richards, Henry Roquemore, Dick Rush, Charles Sargent, Almira Sessions, Janet Shaw, Mervyn LeRoy
• Director: Mervyn LeRoy
• Runtime: 1:40
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• Media Format: Movie