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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.
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 dealting with an overbearing mother figure was Broken Laws (1924), produced by and starring Dorothy Davenport.
Original Release
05/05/1933
US Release
05/05/1933
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 |
| Reinhold Pasch | Laboratory Technician |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | German Doctor |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 |
| Reinhold Pasch | Laboratory Technician |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | German Doctor |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Merian C. Cooper | Executive Producer |
| Pandro S. Berman | Producer |
