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Movie Info

Edna Gladney lost her son when he was very young. By chance she discovered the injustice within the law towards children whose parents are unknown, and decided to open an orphanage for these children, despite the stigma. She fought against the unfair laws that discriminated against children born out of wedlock.

Genre:

biography
Original Language:

English
Director:

Mervyn LeRoy
Producer:

Irving Asher
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 3, 2013
Runtime:

1h 40m
Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast & Crew

Greer Garson
Edna Gladney

Walter Pidgeon
Sam Gladney

Felix Bressart
Dr. Max Breslar

Marsha Hunt
Charlotte

Fay Holden
Mrs. Kahly

Samuel S. Hinds
Mr. Kahly

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Critic Reviews for Blossoms in the Dust

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (6)

Result is a sentimentally sugary flavor which also extends over the romantic portions of the film. There is no comedy relief.

March 26, 2009 | Full Review…

Variety Staff
Variety
Pretty Technicolor, but the tearjerking is shameless.

June 24, 2006

Tom Milne
Time Out
With lovely Greer Garson playing the leading role, the spirit of the story is maintained on a level generally above its frequent insipid spots.

March 25, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Bosley Crowther
New York Times
A magnificent movie made from the biography of this exemplary lady (Edna Gladney). [Full review in Spanish]

September 19, 2019 | Full Review…

Elena de la Torre
Cine-Mundial
It was a noble deed and a noble effort to make a biography about a woman who was virtually unknown outside Texas, but the picture was long, overly teary, and didn't excite too many people at the box office, although it did make money.

January 31, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

TV Guide
Littered with stilted melodrama, wooden dialogue, and over-the-top courtroom showdowns.

December 11, 2008 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com
One of the weakest films to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, this biopic of Edna Gladney is uncharacteristically poorly scripted by Anita Loos and poorly helmed by Mervyn LeRoy.

February 12, 2008 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
So intent on packing as many events as possible into a relatively slim 100 minutes that it can't devote enough time to developing any of them.

February 17, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies
This successful weepy revealed Garson's red hair in Technicolor for the first time, but was more significant for being the first of eight films she made with Pidgeon.

May 24, 2003 | Full Review…

Film4 Staff
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Audience Reviews for Blossoms in the Dust

Jul 16, 2013

Verging on the sappy, perhaps this film was the prototype for all the made-for-TV "inspiring" stories that we are forced to endure. The film appears to be as dated as the prejudices against children born out of wedlock.

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