a marvelous movie and from start to ( just before the ) finish . we meet robert montgomery and helen hayes and with whom he have elope recently and on shipboard . she be eager to start their home life together . all he can think of be see his mother . louise closser hale be superb a the suffocate matriarch of his family . the other member and include henry travers and margaret hamilton and be very good a well . especially fine be john beal and a montgomery nephew . indeed and he give a heart wrench performance . it possibly the best in this movie and he be work against very stiff competition . montgomery be not only a mama boy call vicky by everyone and a his name be victor . he be also a supreme narcissist represent in one shock scene and he inspect himself in a mirror over the mantel . directly under the mirror be a plaster bust of him that hayes have lovingly work on sculpting . he doesn not even notice it . it very hard to fault this movie . the end be a trifle disappointing . and a mark twain aphorism be speak by one character and laugh at by others and a if it be original to this screenplay . hayes be superb and very likable . montgomery and not generally a favorite of mine and be believable a her self centered husband . beal be absolutely superb in a very touching role . and hale be subtle but compel a the woman of iron who become an invalid the minute do so will get what she want from her offspring .