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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.
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
Jul 8, 2014 · Academy Award® winners* Walter Huston and James Stewart star in this stirring drama about the hardships of pioneer times. Preacher Ethan Wilkins’ (Huston) call to serve a poor...
- 3 min
- 2.2K
- Warner Bros.
In the early 1850s, Rev. Ethan Wilkins moves from a prosperous parish in Maryland to an impoverished village on the banks of the Ohio River. Though his devoted wife Mary knows that a minister's family must make sacrifices, their son Jason cannot adjust to their austere new life.
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Sep 23, 2013 · Of Human Hearts (1938) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #OfHumanHearts Academy Award® winners* Walter Huston and James Stewart star in this stirring drama about the hardships of pioneer times.
- 3 min
- 8.5K
- Warner Bros. Classics
Set in Ohio, circa 1845 to 1865, Of Human Hearts tracks the intergenerational conflict between Preacher Ethan Wilkins (Walter Huston) and his son Jason (Jimmy Stewart). While the good reverend is forgiving of his congregants, he is far less sympathetic to the material ambitions of his son.
