S=T=E=L=L=A DALLAS

“Sure—I like a good time!”

—Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas

Bette Davis—in “Now Voyager” (1942)

Ida Lupino—on Lux Radio Theater

Barbara Stanwyck—in “Stella Dallas” (1937)

These were Sylvia’s—true Mentors & Avatars

Olive Higgins Prouty—philanthropic queen bee

Taking Sylvia Plath—under her wing

Endowing a Smith College—scholarship to Sylvia

For being one of the—“promising young writers”

Paying the expenses—after her suicide attempt

Prouty’s own struggles—and nervous breakdowns

Making her sensitive—to such emotional matters

Both Plath and Prouty—Soap Opera Queens

How much Stella Dallas—Melodrama Muse?

How much Barbara Stanwyck—inside Sylvia Plath?

How much campy Soap Opera queen—inside Sylvia?

How much kitschy Bette Davis—inside Plath?

How much Tragic “Now Voyager”—“What a dump!!!”

How much Ida Lupino—Soap Opera Bitch queen?

Quite a bit, honey—if you ask me, my dear

Dykes, Divas, Big Daddies—so many Drama Queens

Sylvia Plath’s true Mentors—