What was the film with joan crawford who watches from the road through a window !
Question: she was standing on pavement looking at the window where her daughter was either at an engagement/wedding party and she was not part of the family anymore
Answers: she was standing on pavement looking at the window where her daughter was either at an engagement/wedding party and she was not part of the family anymore
STELLA DALLAS (1937)
Barbara Stanwyck, not Joan Crawford, is in that scene in which her daughter's stepmother has told them to leave the drapes drawn, knowing that Stella, who gave up her daughter to a better life, surely will be there to see the marriage.
I don't cry at very many movies, but Stanwyck and Anne Shirley as Stella's daughter always make me weepy.
Here's some information about it:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029608/
This is from Wikipedia:
Stella Dallas is a 1920 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty, written in response to the death of her three-year-old daughter from encephalitis. It tells the story of a woman who sacrifices her own happiness for the sake of her daughter.
The novel was subsequently adapted into a stage play in 1924 and movies in 1925, 1937 and 1990, the latter titled Stella with Bette Midler. As well, it was the basis for the radio serial Stella Dallas, which aired daily for 18 years, and which is often credited as being the first soap opera. Prouty was reportedly displeased with her characters' portrayals therein.
The 1937 version stars Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale, Sr., Marjorie Main and Tim Holt. It was adapted by Joe Bigelow, Harry Wagstaff Gribble, Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason and Gertrude Purcell from the original novel, and was directed by King Vidor. It was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Barbara Stanwyck) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Anne Shirley).
The 1925 version was adapted by Frances Marion and directed by Henry King. It stars Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt and Douglas Fairbanks Jr..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Dall...
mommy dearest
It sounds like the film 'Stella Dallas' but it was Barbara Stanwyck who was the lead in that film.
The movie was 'Stella Dallas'. But it wasn't Joan Crawford, it was Barbara Stanwyck, made in the late 1930s. It was remade as 'Stella' starring Bette Midler.