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The Silver Cord (1933) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by John Cromwell and produced by Pandro S. Berman and Merian C. Cooper.

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The Silver Cord (1933): Loving Joel McCrea is a Battlefield

By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 22, 2021 From 4 Star Films

“Surely I can be a good son and a good husband.” Whether it means to or not, the opening interlude of The Silver Cord plays like a comic inversion of typical Hollywood. It opens in Heidelberg, and they make us blink; they’re actually speaking German and Irene Dunne is one of them! ... Read full article


THE SILVER CORD ( 1933 )

By Theresa Brown on May 8, 2016 From CineMaven's Essays from the Couch

? Come on, come on. Don’t get your face all scrunched up and twisted in a knot over my macabre little joke. You know not every woman is meant to be a mother, even if she does have the biology?to become one. If you have or had a kind, loving mother, be happy, grateful, celebrate her. Give your... Read full article


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Robert Phelps: [Mummy's boy to ex-fiancee] What are you going to do?
Hester: I don't know... Yes I do, I'm going to marry an orphan!


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Facts about

Frances Dee met Joel McCrea on the set of this film. Following a whirlwind courtship, the two were married later that year(1933) in Rye, New York. He died on their 57th wedding anniversary. (ref: Frances Dee's Biography & Personal Details for marriage dates.)
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