The Most Precious Thing in Life is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Lambert Hillyer[1] and starring Richard Cromwell, Jean Arthur, Donald Cook, Anita Louise, and Mary Forbes.

[2][3][4] The film tells a story about secret and selfless maternal devotion with elements of Madame X (1929) and Stella Dallas (1937).

Ellen Holmes, a girl from an ordinary family, marries a rich, yet spoiled, boy from a snobbish family.

The pair has a son, but soon Ellen finds herself ousted from the life of her husband.

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