Another Language

Another Language is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Robert Montgomery and Helen Hayes.

Stella and Victor 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.

Stella suggests using the umbrella stand, and her mother-in-law's response sets the tone for the future.

She has been avoiding the family's set-in-stone Tuesday-night dinners by going to art school.

Tonight, Stella stays late working on a bust of her husband, intended as a surprise.

As they leave, Walter pulls his trick of whistling and running a finger down Stella's back.

The family arrives in time to keep Jerry from telling Vicky that he is in love with Stella.

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.

He buys an umbrella from a sidewalk vendor and tucks it under his arm as they turn the corner.