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

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.

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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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