The Most Precious Thing in Life

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The Most Precious Thing in Life
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Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Robert Margolis
Written by Ethel Hill
Dore Schary
Travis Ingham
Produced by Robert North
Starring Richard Cromwell
Jean Arthur
Donald Cook
Anita Louise
Mary Forbes
Cinematography John Stumar
Edited by Richard Cahoon
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 5, 1934 (1934-06-05)(United States)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Most Precious Thing in Life is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Lambert Hillyer [1] and starring Richard Cromwell, Jean Arthur, Donald Cook, Anita Louise, and Mary Forbes. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The film tells a story about secret and selfless maternal devotion with elements of Madame X (1929) and Stella Dallas (1937). [5] It is Jean Arthur's third film with Columbia.

Plot

Ellen Holmes, a girl from an ordinary family, marries a rich, yet spoiled, boy from a snobbish family. The pair has a son, but soon Ellen finds herself ousted from the life of her husband. However, she rediscovers her son years later. [6] [7] [8]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 875. ISBN   978-3-11-095194-3 . Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  2. ↑ "MOST PRECIOUS THING IN LIFE (1934)". Turner Classic Movies . Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)". UCLA . cinema.ucla.edu. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Most Precious Thing in Life". FilmAffinity . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ Landazuri, Margarita. "Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)". Turner Classic Movies . Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Most Precious Thing in Life". AFI. afi.com. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ Corliss, Richard (April 8, 2014). Mom in the Movies: The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love (and a Few You Love to Hate). Simon and Schuster. ISBN   978-1-4767-3826-0 . Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  8. ↑ Conklin, John E. (January 10, 2014). Campus Life in the Movies: A Critical Survey from the Silent Era to the Present. McFarland. p. 130. ISBN   978-0-7864-5235-4 . Retrieved September 9, 2021.
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