Of Human Hearts

1938

Drama / Western

3
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 52% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 1590 1.6K

civil war violent father abusive father minister spanking doctor

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Clarence Brown Photo
Clarence Brown

Top cast

Francis X. Bushman Jr. Photo
Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Churchgoer
James Stewart Photo
James Stewart as Jason Wilkins
Frank McGlynn Jr. Photo
Frank McGlynn Jr. as Lout Laughing in Church
Beulah Bondi Photo
Beulah Bondi as Mary Wilkins
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by michael D 6 / 10

Antebellum, or pre-Civil War America, is seldom dealt

Antebellum, or pre-Civil War America, is seldom dealt with in movies. In the studio age it was largely ignored. 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 bargained for after the guns fire on Fort Sumter, and the film traces his life from uneasy boyhood to uncomfortable manhood. James Stewart excels in an early lead role; and as his father Walter Huston is suitably starchy and forbidding. The backlot recreation of early small town America is wonderfully realized by director Clarence Brown and Company. There are some splendid supporting performances by, among other, Beulah Bondi, Charlie Grapewin, and especially Charles Coburn, as the village doctor who likes to drink and who becomes Stewart's mentor. As an historical footnote it's worth mentioning that the film was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the late thirties, and is an atypical product for them, as they were poaching, as it were, on movie territory that one associates with the more folsky Fox studios of the time, and did a rather good job at it, too.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

Good slice of Americana Clarence brown style

good slice of Americana Clarence brown style
Reviewed by steve d 6 / 10

Stewart makes it watchable but it is nothing

Stewart makes it watchable but it is nothing great.
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