The Silver Cord (RKO). If there is one thing which U. S. cinemaddicts have been taught to consider wholesome, if not sacred, it is Mother Love. The producers of this picture therefore deserve credit for their courage. The Silver Cord is a searching and bitter character study of a woman whose exaggerated affection for her children has made weaklings of them and a monster of herself. Mrs. Phelps (Laura Hope Crews) badgers one of her sons (Eric Linden) into breaking his engagement on the ground that his fianceé (Frances Dee) does not...
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