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

Henry O'Neill
Judge
Blossoms in the Dust is a drama, romance film released in 1941 exploring themes of texas, adoption, biography, orphan, bigotry, illegitimate child. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, it stars Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart. 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.
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