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Of Human Hearts (1938)

Of Human Hearts poster
Directed by
Clarence Brown
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man grows up resenting his strict preacher father and later ignores his struggling mother after the father dies. The story follows family conflict and the consequences of neglect.

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What happens

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. Bondi was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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