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.

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Of Human Hearts (1938)

2/11/1938

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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.

Status

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Cast
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Walter Huston

Ethan Wilkins
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James Stewart

Jason Wilkins
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Beulah Bondi

Mary Wilkins
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Guy Kibbee

George Ames
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Charles Coburn

Dr. Charles Shingle
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John Carradine

President Lincoln
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Ann Rutherford

Annie Hawks
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Charley Grapewin

Jim Meeker
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Leona Roberts

Sister Clarke
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Gene Lockhart

Quid
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Clem Bevans

Elder Massey
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Arthur Aylesworth

Rufus Inchpin
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Gene Reynolds

Jason Wilkins - as a Child
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Leatrice Joy Gilbert

Annie Hawks - as a Child
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Sterling Holloway

Chauncey Ames
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Charles Peck

Chauncey Ames - as a Child
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Robert McWade

Dr. Lupus Crumm
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Minor Watson

Capt. Griggs
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Grace Bohanon

(uncredited)
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Ward Bond

Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
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Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Churchgoer (uncredited)
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Tex Cooper

Townsman (uncredited)
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Jules Cowles

Churchgoer (uncredited)
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Esther Dale

Mrs. Cantwell (uncredited)
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Stanley Fields

Horse Owner (uncredited)
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Joseph Forte

Army Intern (uncredited)
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Brenda Fowler

Mrs. Ames (uncredited)
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Rosina Galli

Mrs. Ardsley (uncredited)
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Larry Harris

(uncredited)
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Evelyn Kurt

School Kid (uncredited)
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Larry Kurt

School Kid (uncredited)
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Frank McGlynn Jr.

Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
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Roger Moore

Attendant at College of Surgery (uncredited)
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Jack Mulhall

Soldier Holding Pilgrim the Horse (uncredited)
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Anne O'Neal

Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)
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Guy Bates Post

Horse Buyer (uncredited)
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William Stack

Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
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Phillip Terry

Army Intern (uncredited)
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Charles Trowbridge

Doctor Attending Capt. Griggs (uncredited)
Crew
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Clarence Brown

Director
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Writer
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Honore Morrow

Writer
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Conrad Richter

Writer
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Of Human Hearts

(DVD)

10/22/2013

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