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B.F.'s Daughter is a 1948 drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin. It was adapted from John P. Marquand 's 1946 novel of the same name, about a prominent couple whose marital tensions come to a boiling point during World War II.
B.F.'s Daughter: Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Richard Hart. Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.
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- Drama, Romance
- Robert Z. Leonard
- 1948-04-02
Polly Fulton, the daughter of one of America’s most successful and admired businessmen, lives with her parents and brother in a thirty-room apartment on New York City’s Park Avenue. Yet she despises the superficial trappings of wealth and delights in defying convention.
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- Hardcover
- John P. Marquand
Jul 14, 2015 · Polly Fulton, the daughter of one of America’s most successful and admired businessmen, lives with her parents and brother in a thirty-room apartment on New York City’s Park Avenue. Yet she despises the superficial trappings of wealth and delights in defying convention.
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- John P. Marquand
In New York, restless Polly Fulton (Barbara Stanwyck), the daughter of wealthy industrialist B.F. Fulton (Charles Coburn), meets economics professor Tom Brett (Van Heflin) and falls for him...
- Drama
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Robert Z. Leonard
Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.
Article History. In full: John Phillips Marquand. Born: November 10, 1893, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. Died: July 16, 1960, Newburyport, Massachusetts (aged 66) Awards And Honors: Pulitzer Prize (1938) Notable Works: “B.F.’s Daughter” “H.M. Pulham, Esquire” “Late George Apley, The ” “Melville Goodwin, U.S.A.” “Point of No Return”
