>I am currently trying to > identify films of the 1930s which feature southern white women. The > films can be set either in or out of the South. While I am focusing on > the images of the belle and "lady," I'd also be interested in films which > feature poor white southern women and "hillbilly" or mountain women. Try _Stella Dallas_ (1937) which was made earlier (1925) and remade as _Stella_ (1990). Eric Eric Rabkin [log in to unmask] Department of English [log in to unmask] University of Michigan office : 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 deptl fax : 313-763-3128 voice msgs: 313-763-3130