Another Language

Another Language
Directed by	Edward H. Griffith
Written by	Herman J. Mankiewicz Donald Ogden Stewart
Based on	Another Language (play) by Rose Franken
Produced by	Walter Wanger
Starring	Robert Montgomery Helen Hayes Louise Closser Hale
Cinematography	Ray June
Edited by	Hugh Wynn
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	July 28, 1933 (1933-07-28)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$269,600[1]
Box office	$467,193[1]

Another Language is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Robert Montgomery and Helen Hayes.

Plot

A newlywed discovers that she and her husband's snobby family speak different languages:^[2] Stella and Victor meet in Europe, fall deeply in love, and marry soon thereafter. They sail back to the States to meet Victor's family, and the honeymoon is over: Stella is free spirited and Victor, although traditional in nature, does not interfere in his wife's pursuits outside the home. Victor's family, dominated by his manipulative mother, and they find Stella, pretentious and aloof. Their marriage starts to fall apart when Victor begins siding with his family instead of his wife.^[3] A frustrated Stella finds a sympathetic ear in Victor's nephew, Jerry.

Cast

• Robert Montgomery as Victor Hallam
• Helen Hayes as Stella Hallam
• Louise Closser Hale as Mother Hallam
• John Beal as Jerry Hallam
• Henry Travers as Pop Hallam
• Margaret Hamilton as Helen Hallam
• Willard Robertson as Harry Hallam
• Minor Watson as Paul Hallam
• Hal K. Dawson as Walter Hallam
• Irene Cattell as Grace Hallam
• Maidel Turner as Etta Hallam
• William Farnum as C. Forrester

References

External links

• Another Language at TCMDB
• Another Language at IMDb
• 1953 Best Plays radio adaptation of original play at Internet Archive

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