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So Big
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Selina Peake, a woman of spirit and education, becomes a schoolteacher in a poor Dutch farming community. After marrying a farmer, she endures hardship and widowhood, raising her son alone and instilling in him a love of beauty and learning. The story contrasts her rich inner life with her son's pursuit of empty financial success.
Details
- Director
- Robert Wise
- Writer
- John Twist
- Based on
- a work by Edna Ferber
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 31 October 1953
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rated
- NR
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