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Of Human Hearts: Directed by Clarence Brown. With Walter Huston, James Stewart, Gene Reynolds, Beulah Bondi. 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.
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- Drama, Western
- Clarence Brown
- 1938-02-11
103 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Of Human Hearts is a 1938 American Drama Western film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Walter Huston, James Stewart and Beulah Bondi. Stewart plays a proud and ungrateful son who rebels against his preacher father and (after his father's death) neglects his poverty-stricken mother.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Clarence Brown (uncredited), John W. Considine Jr.
Although little remembered now, MGM's Of Human Hearts (1938) contains one of James Stewart's most effective early performances. The film marked several important firsts for Stewart: his first family drama, his first time to appear onscreen on horseback and the first occasion in which he played the son of Beulah Bondi, who would appear as his mother on four other occasions.
Of Human Hearts is an exception. Set in frontier Ohio it concerns the rebellious son of a decent but inflexible minister who seeks to be a doctor and learn about the world. He get more than he ...
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- Clarence Brown
- Drama
- Walter Huston
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.
- Ethan Wilkins; Jason Wilkins; Mary Wilkins
- Clarence Brown
- 1938
- 16
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Of Human Hearts (1938). By Dawn on Jul 5, 2012 From Noir and Chick Flicks. Of Human Hearts (1938). Directed by Clarence Brown.Cast: Walter Huston, James Stewart and Beulah Bondi. Bondi was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The story begins when Rev. Ethan Wilkins moves his family from a wealthy parish in Maryland to ...
Of Human Hearts is a 1938 American Drama Western film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Walter Huston, James Stewart and Beulah Bondi. Stewart plays a proud and ungrateful son who rebels against his preacher father and neglects his poverty-stricken mother. Bondi was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
