Of Human Hearts

Feb 11, 1938

1h 43m

★ 5.8

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Great $5,000 Title Contest Picture

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Ethan Wilkins

Walter Huston

Jason Wilkins

James Stewart

Mary Wilkins

Beulah Bondi

Jason Wilkins as a Child

Gene Reynolds

George Ames

Guy Kibbee

Dr. Charles Shingle

Charles Coburn

President Lincoln

John Carradine

Annie Hawks

Ann Rutherford

Annie Hawks as a Child

Leatrice Joy Gilbert

Jim Meeker

Charley Grapewin

Sister Clarke

Leona Roberts

Quid

Gene Lockhart

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.

6.8

Fallen

Jan 16, 1998

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

6.3

Cheaper by the Dozen

Dec 24, 2003

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.

6.6

Damage

Dec 2, 1992

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.

4.8

Godsend

Apr 30, 2004

A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth.

5.0

Windom's Way

Dec 7, 1957

A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local rubber plantation workers and the authorities force both parties to make decisions.

6.1

Trunk - Locked In

Nov 24, 2023

28-year-old medicine student Malina wakes up disoriented in a locked trunk and realizes, to her horror, that she is missing more than just her memory of what happened. With her phone as the only link to the outside world, the intelligent young woman wages a desperate fight for survival while the vehicle races relentlessly toward a terrible secret.

9.0

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

Jan 24, 2025

A touching true story which portrays a doctor who selflessly dedicated his personal fortune to spreading the smallpox vaccination for saving people's lives.

6.9

Gettysburg

Oct 8, 1993

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

6.7

Frantic

Feb 19, 1988

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.

7.4

Happiness

Oct 11, 1998

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

3.5

How I Learned to Fly

Nov 15, 2023

Two African-American teenage boys are suddenly and mysteriously abandoned by their parents. The two have to learn how to survive on their own. From this desertion, comes an experience of beauty, meaning and enduring love.

10.0

Hold On

Aug 24, 2023

Years after immigrating to the United States, Matt (Gabriel Berm) grapples with the notion of family. A call from his sister, Callie (Callie Morken), becomes the catalyst for a realization: he learns that family transcends borders and manifests in varied forms. The deepest connections endure physical separation, teaching Matt that what truly matters is the unbreakable bond they share, echoing louder than any distance.

4.9

Dr. T & the Women

Sep 13, 2000

A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other daughter’s conspiracy theories, and his secretary’s crush. Craving time for himself, he finds solace in a kind outsider.

7.2

Brothers

Apr 24, 2024

Two young brothers are abandoned by their mother during summer of 1948, they run into the forest and survive there for seven years.

6.5

Kiss the Girls

Sep 29, 1997

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.

7.3

Patch Adams

Dec 25, 1998

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

Of Human Hearts

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