Another Language

Two-time Oscar winner* Helen Hayes gives a powerhouse performance in this acclaimed Pre-Code adaptation of Rose Franken's hit play, costarring Robert Montgomery and Louise Closser Hale. After eloping with her new husband, Victor (Montgomery), free-spirited artist Stella Hallam (Hayes) finds the honeymoon's over when she meets his mother (Hale), a manipulative woman determined to keep the apron strings tied to her son. Criticized and snubbed by her domineering in-law, Stella tries to convince Victor to stand up to his mother as their marriage teeters on the brink of collapse. Featuring original cast members Margaret Hamilton and John Beal in their big-screen debuts, Another Language is a fascinating look at an era when society expected women to give up their identities and live in their husbands' shadows.

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