A single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter, who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons. They forge their own lives, and make their own mistakes as a result.A single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter, who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons. They forge their own lives, and make their own mistakes as a result.A single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter, who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons. They forge their own lives, and make their own mistakes as a result.
Laura Hope Crews
- Mrs. Thomas
- (as Laura Hope Crewes)
Jay Eaton
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
- Art Student
- (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
- Art School Concierge
- (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
- Concierge
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe play opened in London, England on 2 February 1930 with Madeleine Carroll in the role of Phyl. The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 3 November 1931, but had only 20 performances. Margaret Perry originated her movie role as Phyl in the opening night cast of that production, which also included Humphrey Bogart as Duff Wilson and Walter Kingsford as Mr. Thomas.
- Quotes
Mr. Thomas: Oh, I hate a pun. That is the lowest form of wit.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to (1990)
- SoundtracksGood Night Sweetheart
(1931) (uncredited)
Music by Ray Noble
Lyrics by Jimmy Campbell and Reginald Connelly
Whistled by Robert Young
Featured review
Your parents were right...
Parents will have a tough time getting through New Morals for Old without staining a Kleenex or two with tears. The entire point of the film is that children never listen to their parents, even though their lessons are wise and worthy, and after they've seen a bit of life, they realize that their parents were right all along. If you hate your parents and don't want to eventually eat crow, you're not going to want to watch Robert Young and Margaret Perry do it in the movie. Watch something else tonight.
Margaret Perry is absolutely adorable, and even though she falls in love with a married man, David Newell, and becomes his mistress in a love nest, you can't help but love her. This was her first of two total films, and I have no idea why she didn't rocket to stardom. Not only is she cute to look at, but she has talent! In the movie, she really does feel bad about causing a rift in her family. She collapses in tears in her father Lewis Stone's lap when she tells him how she's living. Mother Laura Hope Crews won't receive David in the house and has a very strained relationship with her daughter forever after. Meanwhile, playboy Robert Young refuses to settle down and get a respectable job. He travels to Paris to become an artist and shacks up with the morally loose Myrna Loy.
If you like the message, this movie is worth watching. The acting is very good, and there are some pre-Code aspects that are sure to evoke a giggle. When Robert studies art, he attends the classic class to draw nudes, and since this movie was made in 1932, the model is shown. Myrna's ten minutes on the screen are also very raunchy, and the script makes no secret to her type of relationship with Bob.
Margaret Perry is absolutely adorable, and even though she falls in love with a married man, David Newell, and becomes his mistress in a love nest, you can't help but love her. This was her first of two total films, and I have no idea why she didn't rocket to stardom. Not only is she cute to look at, but she has talent! In the movie, she really does feel bad about causing a rift in her family. She collapses in tears in her father Lewis Stone's lap when she tells him how she's living. Mother Laura Hope Crews won't receive David in the house and has a very strained relationship with her daughter forever after. Meanwhile, playboy Robert Young refuses to settle down and get a respectable job. He travels to Paris to become an artist and shacks up with the morally loose Myrna Loy.
If you like the message, this movie is worth watching. The acting is very good, and there are some pre-Code aspects that are sure to evoke a giggle. When Robert studies art, he attends the classic class to draw nudes, and since this movie was made in 1932, the model is shown. Myrna's ten minutes on the screen are also very raunchy, and the script makes no secret to her type of relationship with Bob.
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- Apr 17, 2019
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- After All
- Filming locations
- Immanuel Presbyterian Church - 3300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA(church at beginning of film.)
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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