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* HelicopterParents: Mrs. Phelps breaks up Hester and Robert’s engagement and almost breaks up Christina and David’s marriage.
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* MeddlingParents: Mrs. Phelps breaks up Hester and Robert’s engagement and almost breaks up Christina and David’s marriage.
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* HotScientist: Christina is a biology scientist, but no more detail is given as to ''what'' she does in biology.
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* HeroicDimples: Christina and David, since it’s them against David’s antagonistic mother.
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* HeroicDimples: Christina and David, since it’s them against David’s antagonistic mother.
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Christina (Dunne) and David Phelps ([=McCrea=]) are in love and recently married. Before they go to live in New York City, David wants to visit his mother, Mrs. Phelps (Hope). At their New England home, they meet David's brother Robert (Eric Linden) and his fiancee, Hester (Dee) who are dangerous close to splitting because of Mrs. Phelps interference. And very soon, Mrs. Phelps makes it obvious that she will stop at nothing to break up her sons' respective relationships.
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Christina (Dunne) and David Phelps ([=McCrea=]) are in love and recently married. Before they go to live in New York City, David wants to visit his mother, Mrs. Phelps (Hope). At their New England home, they meet David's brother Robert (Eric Linden) and his fiancee, Hester (Dee) who are dangerous dangerously close to splitting because of Mrs. Phelps interference. And very soon, Mrs. Phelps makes it obvious that she will stop at nothing to break up her sons' respective relationships.
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* ChosenConceptionPartner: Although half kidding and half serious, Hester says she wants lots and lots of babies and can only have some if she’s married to Robert. Mrs. Phelps doesn’t take kindly to this and soon plants the seed in Robert to break up with Hester.
* ControlFreak: Mrs. Phelps wants Robert to continue living in their home, and she manipulates David into buying and developing a piece of land not far from their home
* DangerThinIce: Unable to cope with the oppressive home, Hester runs away at night, running over the lake. It’s dark, so she forgot that there was a hole open for fishing.
* FreudianExcuse: Mrs. Phelps married for money, not for love. Her husband afforded her no love, so she transferred that romantic ideal to her sons, creating, shall we say, a very unhealthy relationship.
* HotScientist: Christina is a biology scientist, but no more detail is given as to ‘’what’’ she does in biology.
* ControlFreak: Mrs. Phelps wants Robert to continue living in their home, and she manipulates David into buying and developing a piece of land not far from their home
* DangerThinIce: Unable to cope with the oppressive home, Hester runs away at night, running over the lake. It’s dark, so she forgot that there was a hole open for fishing.
* FreudianExcuse: Mrs. Phelps married for money, not for love. Her husband afforded her no love, so she transferred that romantic ideal to her sons, creating, shall we say, a very unhealthy relationship.
* HotScientist: Christina is a biology scientist, but no more detail is given as to ‘’what’’ she does in biology.
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* ChosenConceptionPartner: Although half kidding and half serious, Hester says she wants lots and lots of babies and can only have some if she’s married to Robert. Mrs. Phelps doesn’t take kindly to this and soon plants the seed idea in Robert to break up with Hester.
* ControlFreak: Mrs. Phelps wants Robert to continue living in their home, and shemanipulates tries to manipulate David into buying and developing a piece of land not far from their home
home.
* DangerThinIce: Unable to cope with the oppressivehome, atmosphere, Hester runs away at night, running over the frozen lake. It’s dark, so she forgot that there was a hole open for fishing.failed to see the fishing hole.
* FreudianExcuse: Mrs. Phelps married for money, not for love. Her husband afforded her no love, so she transferred that romantic ideal to her sons, creating, shall we say, avery ''very'' unhealthy relationship.
co-dependence.
* HotScientist: Christina is a biology scientist, but no more detail is given as to‘’what’’ ''what'' she does in biology.
* ControlFreak: Mrs. Phelps wants Robert to continue living in their home, and she
* DangerThinIce: Unable to cope with the oppressive
* FreudianExcuse: Mrs. Phelps married for money, not for love. Her husband afforded her no love, so she transferred that romantic ideal to her sons, creating, shall we say, a
* HotScientist: Christina is a biology scientist, but no more detail is given as to
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* ParentalIncest: Not quite taken to a sexual extreme but Mrs. Phelps hugs and kisses her sons in a very uncomfortable, unnatural way.
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* ParentalIncest: Not quite taken to a sexual extreme but Mrs. Phelps hugs and kisses her sons in a very uncomfortable, unnatural way.
--> Can you deny that your outraged by their impulses to other women?
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MyBelovedSmother: Robert is annoyed but eventually succumbs to his mother's manipulations. David, luckily, has Christina to point out the unhealthy relationship and save him from it.
* ParentalIncest: Not quite taken to a sexual extreme but Mrs. Phelps hugs and kisses her sons in a very uncomfortable, unnatural way. \n She also makes it a point to drive away any women that come their way but she's met her match with Christina.
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* ParentalIncest: Not quite taken to a sexual extreme but Mrs. Phelps hugs and kisses her sons in a very uncomfortable, unnatural way.
--> Can you deny that
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[[caption-width-right:350:Mommy, no!]]
''The Silver Cord'' (1933) is a pre-code drama starring Creator/IreneDunne, Creator/JoelMcCrea, Frances Dee, and Laura Crews Hope.
Christina (Dunne) and David Phelps ([=McCrea=]) are in love and recently married. Before they go to live in New York City, David wants to visit his mother, Mrs. Phelps (Hope). At their New England home, they meet David's brother Robert (Eric Linden) and his fiancee, Hester (Dee) who are dangerous close to splitting because of Mrs. Phelps interference. And very soon, Mrs. Phelps makes it obvious that she will stop at nothing to break up her sons' respective relationships.
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!!This film shows the following tropes:
*ChosenConceptionPartner: Although half kidding and half serious, Hester says she wants lots and lots of babies and can only have some if she’s married to Robert. Mrs. Phelps doesn’t take kindly to this and soon plants the seed in Robert to break up with Hester.
*ControlFreak: Mrs. Phelps wants Robert to continue living in their home, and she manipulates David into buying and developing a piece of land not far from their home
*DangerThinIce: Unable to cope with the oppressive home, Hester runs away at night, running over the lake. It’s dark, so she forgot that there was a hole open for fishing.
*FreudianExcuse: Mrs. Phelps married for money, not for love. Her husband afforded her no love, so she transferred that romantic ideal to her sons, creating, shall we say, a very unhealthy relationship.
*HotScientist: Christina is a biology scientist, but no more detail is given as to ‘’what’’ she does in biology.
*ManipulativeBitch: Mrs. Phelps uses her “heart condition” to manipulate her sons into doing her bidding.
*MeddlingParents: Mrs. Phelps breaks up Hester and Robert’s engagement and almost breaks up Christina and David’s marriage.
*MyBelovedSmother:
*ParentalIncest: Not quite taken to a sexual extreme but Mrs. Phelps hugs and kisses her sons in a very uncomfortable, unnatural way.
--> Can you deny that your outraged by their impulses to other women?
*TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Christina’s no-nonsense self at work:
-->Oh, I know, Mrs. Phelps the legend of yourself as a great woman, you’ve built up these past 30 years for your sons to worship, but it hasn’t taken me long to see that you’re not fit to be anyone’s mother. […] and I begin to say that if my baby ever feels toward you like your sons, I hope someone takes a little enamel pistol and shoots me with it because I deserve it. […] But can you deny that you disapprove of any movements your sons may take for independence? Can you deny that your outraged by their impulses to other women?
[[caption-width-right:350:Mommy, no!]]
''The Silver Cord'' (1933) is a pre-code drama starring Creator/IreneDunne, Creator/JoelMcCrea, Frances Dee, and Laura Crews Hope.
Christina (Dunne) and David Phelps ([=McCrea=]) are in love and recently married. Before they go to live in New York City, David wants to visit his mother, Mrs. Phelps (Hope). At their New England home, they meet David's brother Robert (Eric Linden) and his fiancee, Hester (Dee) who are dangerous close to splitting because of Mrs. Phelps interference. And very soon, Mrs. Phelps makes it obvious that she will stop at nothing to break up her sons' respective relationships.
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!!This film shows the following tropes:
*ChosenConceptionPartner: Although half kidding and half serious, Hester says she wants lots and lots of babies and can only have some if she’s married to Robert. Mrs. Phelps doesn’t take kindly to this and soon plants the seed in Robert to break up with Hester.
*ControlFreak: Mrs. Phelps wants Robert to continue living in their home, and she manipulates David into buying and developing a piece of land not far from their home
*DangerThinIce: Unable to cope with the oppressive home, Hester runs away at night, running over the lake. It’s dark, so she forgot that there was a hole open for fishing.
*FreudianExcuse: Mrs. Phelps married for money, not for love. Her husband afforded her no love, so she transferred that romantic ideal to her sons, creating, shall we say, a very unhealthy relationship.
*HotScientist: Christina is a biology scientist, but no more detail is given as to ‘’what’’ she does in biology.
*ManipulativeBitch: Mrs. Phelps uses her “heart condition” to manipulate her sons into doing her bidding.
*MeddlingParents: Mrs. Phelps breaks up Hester and Robert’s engagement and almost breaks up Christina and David’s marriage.
*MyBelovedSmother:
*ParentalIncest: Not quite taken to a sexual extreme but Mrs. Phelps hugs and kisses her sons in a very uncomfortable, unnatural way.
--> Can you deny that your outraged by their impulses to other women?
*TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Christina’s no-nonsense self at work:
-->Oh, I know, Mrs. Phelps the legend of yourself as a great woman, you’ve built up these past 30 years for your sons to worship, but it hasn’t taken me long to see that you’re not fit to be anyone’s mother. […] and I begin to say that if my baby ever feels toward you like your sons, I hope someone takes a little enamel pistol and shoots me with it because I deserve it. […] But can you deny that you disapprove of any movements your sons may take for independence? Can you deny that your outraged by their impulses to other women?
