Of Human Hearts
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Great $5,000 Title Contest Picture
1938 | 103m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Clarence Brown |
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| Writer: | Bradbury Foote, Honore Morrow |
| Staring: |
| This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 11, 1938 |
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| Director: | Clarence Brown |
| Writer: | Bradbury Foote, Honore Morrow |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | civil war, abusive father, minister, spanking, doctor, rebellious youth, family, preacher, overbearing father, selfishness, medical student, return of son, abraham lincoln, overprotective father, father son conflict, domineering father, medical education, father son relationship, ministry, medical resident, small town doctor, army medic, headstrong son |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Walter Huston | Ethan Wilkins |
| James Stewart | Jason Wilkins |
| Beulah Bondi | Mary Wilkins |
| Gene Reynolds | Jason Wilkins as a Child |
| Guy Kibbee | George Ames |
| Charles Coburn | Dr. Charles Shingle |
| John Carradine | President Lincoln |
| Ann Rutherford | Annie Hawks |
| Leatrice Joy Gilbert | Annie Hawks as a Child |
| Charley Grapewin | Jim Meeker |
| Leona Roberts | Sister Clarke |
| Gene Lockhart | Quid |
| Clem Bevans | Elder Massey |
| Arthur Aylesworth | Rufus Inchpin |
| Sterling Holloway | Chauncey Ames |
| Charles Peck | Chauncey Ames as a Child |
| Robert McWade | Dr. Lupus Crumm |
| Minor Watson | Captain Griggs |
| Ward Bond | Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited) |
| Frank McGlynn Jr. | Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Clarence Brown | Director |
| Herbert Stothart | Music |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Edwin B. Willis | Art Department Assistant |
| Bradbury Foote | Screenplay |
| Frank E. Hull | Editor |
| Harry Oliver | Art Department Assistant |
| Dolly Tree | Wardrobe Designer |
| Honore Morrow | Story |
| Clyde De Vinna | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
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| John W. Considine Jr. | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 2 |
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