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The Silver Cord is a 1933 American pre-Code film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by John Cromwell, and based on a 1926 Broadway play, The Silver Cord by Sidney Howard, that starred Laura Hope Crews as an overly possessive mother.
The Silver Cord: Directed by John Cromwell. With Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea, Laura Hope Crews, Eric Linden. A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride.
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- Drama, Romance
- John Cromwell
- 1933-05-05
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.
- John Cromwell, Dewey Starkey
- Irene Dunne
Nov 25, 2018 · An excellent example of how the salacious content of pre-Code wasn’t just delivered via exposed thighs, The Silver Cord is fun little drama that foreshadows what more gonzo cinema of the 60s and 70s would do with the same material; shades of Psycho hover over a few scenes.
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son. Married for five months, Americans Christina and David Phelps, a biologist and aspiring architect respectively, live in Heidelberg where Christina ...
Apr 22, 2021 · New jobs beckon in New York, marital bliss swells around them, and meeting the brother and his new wife gets off to a grand start. It’s only the mother who remains to be seen. It just so happens Mrs. Phelps (Laura Hope Crewes reprising her stellar stage role) is the lynchpin.
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The Silver Cord. A clinging mother (Laura Hope Crews) tries to divide one son (Joel McCrea) from his wife (Irene Dunne) and another son from his girlfriend.
- Drama
