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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 | |
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| Directed by | John Cromwell |
| Written by | Sidney Howard (play The Silver Cord) Jane Murfin (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman Merian C. Cooper |
| Starring | Irene Dunne Laura Hope Crews Joel McCrea |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Edited by | George Nicholls, Jr. |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Crews reprises her domineering mother role in this film with Joel McCrea and Irene Dunne as her son and daughter-in-law. Another Hollywood film dealing with an overbearing mother figure was Broken Laws (1924), produced by and starring Dorothy Davenport.[1][2]
Cast
- Irene Dunne - Christina Phelps
- Joel McCrea - David Phelps
- Laura Hope Crews - Mrs. Phelps
- Eric Linden - Robert Phelps
- Frances Dee - Hester
unbilled
- Helen Cromwell - Delia
- Paul Irving - Taxicab Driver
- Perry Ivins - Phelps Family Doctor
- Reinhold Pasch - Lab Technician
- Gustav von Seyffertitz - German Doctor
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 Crowell “felt that he could pull it off better than any other [film] director.” [3]
Joel McCrea and Frances Dee first met duration the film, and would be married soon after in October 1933. They remained married for 57 years, until McCrea's death.
Footnotes
- The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute (1993)
- The Silver Cord as produced on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre, December 20 1926 to March 1927, IBDb.com; accessed July 27, 2015.
- Canham, 1976 p. 65
References
- Canham, Kingsley. 1976. The Hollywood Professionals, Volume 5: King Vidor, John Cromwell, Mervyn LeRoy. The Tantivy Press, London. ISBN 0498016897
External
- The Silver Cord at IMDb
- The Silver Cord at AllMovie
- 1946 Theatre Guild on the Air radio adaptation of original play at Internet Archive
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The Silver Cord è un film del 1933 diretto da John Cromwell che era stato il regista del lavoro teatrale di Sidney Howard presentato a Broadway al John Golden Theatre il 20 dicembre 1926. La commedia, in tre atti, venne rappresentata fino al marzo 1927 per un totale di 112 recite. Tra gli attori in scena la sera della prima, vi era anche Laura Hope Crews nel ruolo della signora Phelps, ruolo che l'attrice riprenderà anche nella versione cinematografica[1].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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