"Stella Dallas" was adapted into a stage play in 1924, movies in 1925 and most notably 1937 as a melodrama of the same title that starred Barbara Stanwyck and was nominated for two Academy Awards. It was remade in 1990 starring Bette Midler, and a radio serial which was broadcast daily for 18 years, despite Prouty's legal efforts (since she had not authorized the sale of the broadcast rights, and was displeased with her characters' portrayals). "Now, Voyager" was made into a film of the same name in 1942, directed by Irving Rapper and starring Bette Davis - - as well as into a radio drama, starring Ida Lupino and produced by Cecil B. de Mille on the Lux Radio Theater.