The Silver Cord (1933)

Directors

John Cromwell

Cast

Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea, Laura Hope Crews, Eric Linden, Frances Dee

The story

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 has been working in a research lab, this stint in Europe being two years for David where he has been able to stretch his wings to start to find his own footing.

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