Mother Knows Best (1928)

9.0/10 • 90 min • Drama

Overview

A stage-actress mother and her daughter in a battle-of-wills in a "don't do this, daughter" and "don't do that, daughter" story of youthful folly and over-zealous parental devotion.

Cast

Madge Bellamy

Sally Quail

Louise Dresser

Ma Quail

Barry Norton

Boy

Albert Gran

Sam Kingston

Stuart Erwin

Ben

Lucien Littlefield

Pa Quail

Anne Shirley

Sally, as a child

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