A smothering mother, Mrs. Jacob Politz (Louise Dresser), stands in the way of the engagement of her college son Frank Politz (Jason Robards) to local girl Anne (Virginia Brown Faire), becaus... Read allA smothering mother, Mrs. Jacob Politz (Louise Dresser), stands in the way of the engagement of her college son Frank Politz (Jason Robards) to local girl Anne (Virginia Brown Faire), because she , as the wife of Jacob Politz (George Nichols), an ill-educated coal miner, believes... Read allA smothering mother, Mrs. Jacob Politz (Louise Dresser), stands in the way of the engagement of her college son Frank Politz (Jason Robards) to local girl Anne (Virginia Brown Faire), because she , as the wife of Jacob Politz (George Nichols), an ill-educated coal miner, believes their son should obtain a college education.