Of Human Hearts
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Great $5,000 Title Contest Picture
1938 · 1h 43m · PASSED
Drama
Directed by
Clarence Brown
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Clarence Brown Director
- Walter Huston as Ethan Wilkins
- James Stewart as Jason Wilkins
- Beulah Bondi as Mary Wilkins
- Gene Reynolds as Jason Wilkins as a Child
- Guy Kibbee as George Ames
- Charles Coburn as Dr. Charles Shingle
- John Carradine as President Lincoln
- Ann Rutherford as Annie Hawks
- Leatrice Joy Gilbert as Annie Hawks as a Child
- Charley Grapewin as Jim Meeker
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