Mother Knows Best (1928)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Music, Romance
Release: 1928-10-28
Director: John G. Blystone
Writers: Edna Ferber (1887–1968) , Marion Orth , Eugene Walter , Edith Bristol
Language: English
Stars: Madge Bellamy , Louise Dresser , Barry Norton , Albert Gran , Alyce McCormick , Annette De Kirby , Stuart Erwin , Ivor De Kirby , Lucien Littlefield , Anne Shirley
Runtime: 90 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Grande vedette (France, French Republic) , O eros panta thriamvevei (Greece) , Solo un po' d'amore (Italy) , 母ぞよく知る (Japan) , Rablélek (A primadonna) (Hungary) , Mother Knows Best (United States of America) , ¡Mamá, déjame amar! (Spain) , Sally dos Meus Sonhos (Brazil) , Does Mother Know Best? (Ireland) , Cariño que mata (Argentina) , Mother Knows Best
Plot: Ma Quail robs the till in her husband's drugstore in order to finance singing and dancing lessons for her eight year old daughter Sally. Years pass, and domineering, ambitious Ma Quail drives her daughter into a career in show business, guiding her from amateur nights to vaudeville and finally to the Broadway big time. Although Sally becomes a fine dramatic actress, her mother never allows her to develop a personality of her own and strictly forbids her any romantic life; whenever Sally falls in love with a young fellow, Ma drives him away. Sally eventually has a nervous breakdown, and a doctor makes Ma realize that she is ruining her daughter's life. Ma then reunites Sally with the boy she loves, and Sally returns to her former prominence as an actress.
IMDB:tt0019181