---
title: 'Mother Knows Best (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John G. Blystone'
released: '1928-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mother-knows-best-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019181/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mother Knows Best (1928)

1928 · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Mother Knows Best is a lost 1928 American sound part-talkie film directed by John G. Blystone, based on a novel by Edna Ferber, fictionalizing the life of vaudevillian Elsie Janis. The film was Fox's first part talkie, using the Movietone sound system which had primarily been used for synchronised music scores and effects tracks in Fox features beforehand, although as early as Mother Machree (1928), a single synchronous singing sequence was included in the film. The talking sequences in Mother Knows Best were directed by actor Charles Judels, while the synchronized sequences were directed by John G. Blystone. The film starred Madge Bellamy, with Louise Dresser as her domineering mother, Barry Norton, and Albert Gran.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John G. Blystone](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-g-blystone)
- **Screenplay:** [Edna Ferber](https://cinepixo.com/people/edna-ferber)
- **Producer:** [William Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fox-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gilbert Warrenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-warrenton)
- **Editor:** [Margaret Clancey](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-clancey)

## Cast

- [Madge Bellamy](https://cinepixo.com/people/madge-bellamy)

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