# Another Language > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Another_Language > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Another_Language.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Language > Source revision: 1339376066 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1933 film For the album, see [Another Language (album)](/source/Another_Language_(album)). Another Language Directed by Edward H. Griffith Written by Herman J. Mankiewicz Donald Ogden Stewart Based on Another Language 1932 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](/source/Pre-Code) romantic drama film directed by [Edward H. Griffith](/source/Edward_H._Griffith) and starring [Robert Montgomery](/source/Robert_Montgomery_(actor)) and [Helen Hayes](/source/Helen_Hayes). ## Plot Stella and Victor (“Vicky”) 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: Victor's ill-mannered but hyper-critical family is dominated by his manipulative mother, who is “too run down” to meet the boat. They bring her a huge bouquet of chrysanthemums, too big for her vase. Stella suggests using the umbrella stand, and her mother-in-law's response sets the tone for the future. She allows them to use the stand (which is actually a china vase) but consigns it to a corner. Three years later, Stella and Vicky have never taken a vacation because his mother always gets sick. Stella tries her best not to criticize Mother Hallam. She thinks that she and Vicky need some time alone together and proposes a short trip. She has been avoiding the family's set-in-stone Tuesday-night dinners by going to art school. Vicky kisses her on the forehead and leaves for work. Tonight, Stella stays late working on a bust of her husband, intended as a surprise. Vicky comes to pick her up. Pop Hallam is enjoying the jigsaw puzzle Stella gave him. The rest of the family happily munches on cake and bonbons and tears Stella to pieces, revealing that when Stella wanted to get a job, Mother made Vicky forbid it. The criticism does not stop after they arrive, hours late. Stella asks them to leave them alone, with predictable results. Vicky's nephew Jerry arrives. In the kitchen, he tells Stella about how the family thwarted his dreams of being an architect. Stella invites the family for next Tuesday. As they leave, Walter pulls his trick of whistling and running a finger down Stella's back. Jerry is outraged, but they make him apologize. In their apartment, the bust of Vicky is on their mantelpiece. He is oblivious to it. Jerry drops in and—unlike Vicky— is eager to join Stella on a walk in the rain. Come Tuesday night, Vicky is concerned about having enough food. Jerry bristles at Vicky's treatment of Stella, who tells him he is not really in love with her. The family arrives in time to keep Jerry from telling Vicky that he is in love with Stella. Mother has an attack, blaming it on the stairs, although she runs up and down her own all day long. She lies down in the bedroom, but soon emerges. They prevail on Jerry to dance with Stella, and his feelings are clear when he kisses her tenderly on the forehead. . Wally offers him the bust as a prize and Jerry smashes it to the floor declaring “You blind vulgar fools!” Stella tells Mother Hallam and the rest that they must leave Jerry—and herself and her husband—alone. She appeals to Vicky, who tells her to make some excuse. Mother insists on leaving, and after further rowing with Stella, Vicky follows. Jerry returns and declares his love. They kiss. At the folks, Vicky is not eating breakfast and is getting up looking tor Stella. He called her to tell her to come over and apologize. Stella comes to the door. She tells him Jerry stayed until three o'clock. Vicky does not understand what has happened. She doesn't care about what the family thinks—It's another language. He tries kissing her, but she is out of reach. Jerry's parents arrive; his mother is distraught. Jerry comes in and admits he's in love and she is married. Vicky realizes the woman is Stella. He says he is proud of loving her. Vicky says he knew and he and Stella took it as a joke, and Jerry flees. But Stella won't stand for the deception. Mother comes down just as Vicky is speaking seriously to Stella, who leaves, with Vicky behind her. Mother swoons into a chair, but Pop tells her not to bother—he can't see her. “Shut up!” she replies. It's raining outside. “I thought you liked to walk in the rain. I do,” Vicky says. She takes his arm and they stroll through the downpour. He buys an umbrella from a sidewalk vendor and tucks it under his arm as they turn the corner. ## Cast - [Robert Montgomery](/source/Robert_Montgomery_(actor)) as Victor Hallam - [Helen Hayes](/source/Helen_Hayes) as Stella Hallam - [Louise Closser Hale](/source/Louise_Closser_Hale) as Mother Hallam - [John Beal](/source/John_Beal_(actor)) as Jerry Hallam - [Henry Travers](/source/Henry_Travers) as Pop Hallam - [Margaret Hamilton](/source/Margaret_Hamilton_(actress)) as Helen Hallam - [Willard Robertson](/source/Willard_Robertson) as Harry Hallam - [Minor Watson](/source/Minor_Watson) as Paul Hallam - [Hal K. Dawson](/source/Hal_K._Dawson) as Walter Hallam - Irene Cattell as Grace Hallam - [Maidel Turner](/source/Maidel_Turner) as Etta Hallam - [William Farnum](/source/William_Farnum) as C. Forrester ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wagner_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wagner_1-1) Matthew Bernstein, *Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent*, Minnesota Press, 2000, p. 434 ## External links - [*Another Language*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110808061938/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/22/Another-Language/) at [TCMDB](/source/TCMDB) - [*Another Language*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023761/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb) - [*Another Language*](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/7296) at the *[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films)* - [1953 *Best Plays* radio adaptation of original play](https://archive.org/download/BestPlays/BestPlays53-06-2140AnotherLanguage.mp3) at [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) v t e Films directed by Edward H. Griffith The Awakening of Ruth (1917) Barnaby Lee (1917) Billy and the Big Stick (1917) One Touch of Nature (1917) The Law of the North (1917) Your Obedient Servant (1917) The End of the Road (1919) Babs (1920) The Garter Girl (1920) The Vice of Fools (1920) Dawn of the East (1921) If Women Only Knew (1921) The Land of Hope (1921) Scrambled Wives (1921) Free Air (1922) The Go-Getter (1923) Unseeing Eyes (1923) Week End Husbands (1924) Another Scandal (1924) Bad Company (1925) Headlines (1925) White Mice (1926) Atta Boy (1926) Alias the Lone Wolf (1927) The Opening Night (1927) Afraid to Love (1927) The Price of Honor (1927) Captain Swagger (1928) Hold 'Em Yale (1928) The Shady Lady (1928) Love Over Night (1928) Paris Bound (1929) Rich People (1929) Holiday (1930) Beyond Victory (1931) Rebound (1931) The Animal Kingdom (1932) Lady with a Past (1932) Another Language (1933) Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935) No More Ladies (1935) Next Time We Love (1936) Ladies in Love (1936) Cafe Metropole (1937) I'll Take Romance (1937) Honeymoon in Bali (1939) Cafe Society (1939) Safari (1940) Virginia (1941) Bahama Passage (1941) One Night in Lisbon (1941) The Sky's the Limit (1943) Young and Willing (1943) Perilous Holiday (1946) v t e Films produced by Walter Wanger The Sheik (1921) The Cocoanuts (1929) The Lady Lies (1929) Applause (1929) Roadhouse Nights (1930) Tarnished Lady (1931) Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Going Hollywood (1933) Another Language (1933) Queen Christina (1933) The President Vanishes (1934) Private Worlds (1935) Smart Girl (1935) Every Night at Eight (1935) Shanghai (1935) Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) The Moon's Our Home (1936) Her Master's Voice (1936) The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) Fatal Lady (1936) Palm Springs (1936) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) Big Brown Eyes (1936) Spendthrift (1936) You Only Live Once (1937) Vogues of 1938 (1937) History Is Made At Night (1937) Stand-In (1937) 52nd Street (1937) Trade Winds (1938) Blockade (1938) Algiers (1938) I Met My Love Again (1938) Stagecoach (1939) Winter Carnival (1939) Eternally Yours (1939) Foreign Correspondent (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Slightly Honorable (1940) The House Across the Bay (1940) Sundown (1941) Eagle Squadron (1942) Arabian Nights (1942) We've Never Been Licked (1943) Gung Ho! (1943) Ladies Courageous (1944) Scarlet Street (1945) Salome, Where She Danced (1945) Night in Paradise (1946) Canyon Passage (1946) Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947) The Lost Moment (1947) Tap Roots (1948) Joan of Arc (1948) Secret Beyond the Door (1948) The Reckless Moment (1949) Reign of Terror (1949) Tulsa (1949) Aladdin and His Lamp (1952) Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) Battle Zone (1952) Fort Vengeance (1953) Kansas Pacific (1953) Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Navy Wife (1956) I Want to Live! (1958) Cleopatra (1963) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Another Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Language) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Language?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.