Pulitzer Prize Playhouse The Silver Cord (Season 1, Episode 17)
TV Episode | Drama

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

The Silver Cord (Season 1, Episode 17)

TV Episode | Drama

A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.

Writer

Sidney Howard (play)

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 26, 1951

Release date

Jan 26, 1951 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
6 cast members

Name	Known for
Elmer Davis Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	My American Wife (1936)
Judith Anderson Mrs. Phelps Mrs. Phelps See fewer	Rebecca (1940)
Joan Chandler Hester Hester See fewer	Rope (1948)
Joanne Dru Christina Phelps Christina Phelps See fewer	Red River (1948)
Denholm Elliott David Phelps David Phelps See fewer	A Room with a View (1985)
James Lipton Actor Actor See fewer	Inside the Actors Studio (1994)