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So Big is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Wise released in USA on 31 october 1953 with Jane Wyman
So Big (1953)
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Add to a movie listSo Big is a 1953 American drama film that stars Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden and Steve Forrest, directed by Robert Wise.
The screenplay by John Twist was based on the 1924 novel by Edna Ferber. It was the third adaptation of the book, following a 1924 silent film with Colleen Moore and So Big! with Barbara Stanwyck, released in 1932.
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In the late 1890s, boarding school student Selina Peake learns of the death of her father, who has left her penniless as the result of bad business transactions. August Hempel, the father of her best friend Julie, secures her a teaching position in New Holland, a small Dutch farming community outside Chicago. There she rents a room in the home of Klaas Pool, who lives with his unhappy wife Maartje and intelligent but troubled adolescent son Roelf.Actors
Jane Wyman
(Selina De Jong)
Richard Beymer
(Roelf, Age 12-16)
Sterling Hayden
(Pervis De Jong)
Steve Forrest
(Dirk De Jong)
Nancy Olson
(Dallas O'Mara)
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