Mother Knows Best (1928)
- Directed by
- John G. Blystone
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young vaudeville performer struggles under the control of her pushy stage mother. The story follows her career and romantic life as she tries to break free.
sentimentalnostalgicmelodramaticold-fashionedbitter-sweetstagedbrisk
What happens
Mother Knows Best is a lost 1928 American sound part-talkie film directed by John G. Blystone, based on a novel by Edna Ferber, fictionalizing the life of vaudevillian Elsie Janis. The film was Fox's first part talkie, using the Movietone sound system which had primarily been used for synchronised music scores and effects tracks in Fox features beforehand, although as early as Mother Machree (1928), a single synchronous singing sequence was included in the film. The talking sequences in Mother Knows Best were directed by actor Charles Judels, while the synchronized sequences were directed by John G. Blystone. The film starred Madge Bellamy, with Louise Dresser as her domineering mother, Barry Norton, and Albert Gran. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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