So Big (1932) Pulitzer Prize winning novels don’t always produce award-worthy movies. Case in point: the 1932 version of So Big. One can see why writers, directors and actors are attracted to award-winning books, but too often something happens between the first reading of the source material
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As a young girl, it looks like Selina Peake (Barbara Stawnyck) has got the life. Her father is well off and he sends her to one of the best finishing schools in Chicago. That all changes when her father suddenly dies and leaves her with no money to support herself. ...
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