Of Human Hearts (1938)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Great $5,000 Title Contest Picture
103 min
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
- February 11, 1938
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Herbert Stothart
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Cast
- 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
- Leona Roberts as Sister Clarke
- Gene Lockhart as Quid
- Clem Bevans as Elder Massey
- Arthur Aylesworth as Rufus Inchpin
- Sterling Holloway as Chauncey Ames
- Charles Peck as Chauncey Ames as a Child
- Robert McWade as Dr. Lupus Crumm
- Minor Watson as Captain Griggs
- Ward Bond as Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
- Frank McGlynn Jr. as Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
Crew
- Clarence Brown · Director
- Bradbury Foote · Writer
- Honore Morrow · Writer
- John W. Considine Jr. · Producer
- Herbert Stothart · Composer
- Clyde De Vinna · Cinematographer
- Frank E. Hull · Editor