Send us a textNew full-length episodes beginning Jan. 30. Edna Ferber’s So Big was the top-selling novel of 1924 and it won a Pulitzer Prize, yet it’s little known now! Wildly popular in its day, So Big was adapted for film three times, the second of which (in 1932) starred Barbara Stanwyck and featured a young Bette Davis in one of her earliest roles. Join us for a discussion of the book and the 1932 film with Dr. Caroline Frick from the Department of Radio-Television-Film at University of Texas, Austin. Discussed in this episode: So Big by Edna FerberSaving Cinema: The Politics of Preservation by Caroline Frick Texas Archive of the Moving ImageL.A. Story (1991 film) Showboat by Edna FerberCimarron by Edna FerberAlgonquin Round TableAnti-SemitismYiddishButtered Side Down by Edna FerberDawn O’Hara, The Girl Who Laughed by Edna FerberAlan HaleSkipper on Gilligan's IslandMy Antonia by Willa Catherpre-code HollywoodMPAA rating systemBarbara StanwyckSo Big (1932 film)Baby Face (1933 film)Cabbage Patch KidDorothy Canfield Fisher and The Home-Maker on Lost Ladies of Lit Episode 9Warner Bros. Cimarron (1931 film)Academy Award Bette DavisThe Farmer’s Wife (1998 PBS documentary) Giant (1956 film)Thomas HardySupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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