The Silver Cord (1933)
The question that agitates a million women!
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.
- Date of release
- 1933-05-05
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- John Cromwell
Casting
- Irene Dunne — Christina Phelps
- Joel McCrea — David Phelps
- Laura Hope Crews — Mrs. Phelps
- Eric Linden — Robert Phelps
- Frances Dee — Hester
- Helen Cromwell — Delia
- Paul Irving — Taxicab Driver
- Perry Ivins — Phelps Family Doctor
- Reginald Pasch — Laboratory Technician
- Gustav von Seyffertitz — German Doctor
Interesting facts
The Silver Cord is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures, and directed by John Cromwell. It was based on the 1926 Broadway play The Silver Cord by Sidney Howard that starred Laura Hope Crews as an overly possessive mother.
Production
Director John Cromwell welcomed the opportunity to adapt The Silver Cord to the screen as he had directed Sidney Howard's play in its 1926 Broadway production. Film historian Kingsley Canham reports that Cromwell “felt that he could pull it off better than any other [film] director.”
Joel McCrea and Frances Dee first met during filming, and would be married soon after in October 1933. They remained married for 57 years, until McCrea's death.
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