Of Human Hearts
11/02/1938
2h



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.
Cast


Walter Huston
Ethan Wilkins


James Stewart
Jason Wilkins


Beulah Bondi
Mary Wilkins


Gene Reynolds
Jason Wilkins as a Child


Guy Kibbee
George Ames


Charles Coburn
Dr. Charles Shingle


John Carradine
President Lincoln


Ann Rutherford
Annie Hawks


Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Annie Hawks as a Child


Charley Grapewin
Jim Meeker


Leona Roberts
Sister Clarke


Gene Lockhart
Quid


Clem Bevans
Elder Massey


Arthur Aylesworth
Rufus Inchpin


Sterling Holloway
Chauncey Ames
Charles Peck
Chauncey Ames as a Child


Robert McWade
Dr. Lupus Crumm


Minor Watson
Captain Griggs


Ward Bond
Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)


Frank McGlynn Jr.
Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
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