In 1890, Gus Sascher joins the Austrian Army and romances the impoverished girl Elsa Hofner. Read More »
Tag Archives: Jean Hersholt
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) Ernst Lubitsch, John M. Stahl, Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt
Young Prince Karl Heinrich has spent his entire life behind the palace gates protected from the world. Read More »
Daybreak (1931) Jacques Feyder, Ramon Novarro, Helen Chandler, Jean Hersholt
A man who unthinkingly sullied the honor of a virtuous girl now must deal with his own ethical downfall in this drama. Read More »
The Younger Generation (1929) Frank Capra, Jean Hersholt, Lina Basquette, Ricardo Cortez
Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. Read More »
Happy Landing (1938) Roy Del Ruth, Sonja Henie, Don Ameche, Jean Hersholt
The Bride’s Fair in a small Norwegian village is interrupted by the forced landing of Jimmy Hall Read More »
His Brother’s Wife (1936) W.S. Van Dyke, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Jean Hersholt
Rita Wilson meets epidemiologist Chris Claybourne and they fall in love with each other. Read More »
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931) Robert Z. Leonard, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt
Susan, an orphan, lives the life of Cinderella with rustic relatives. Read More »
Heidi (1937) Allan Dwan, Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher
Eight-year-old Heidi is orphaned and her selfish maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with Adolph Kramer Read More »
Sins of Man (1936) Otto Brower, Gregory Ratoff, Jean Hersholt, Don Ameche, Allen Jenkins
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. Read More »
Hell Harbor (1930) Henry King, Lupe Velez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland, Drama, Romance
Anita Morgan, a descendant of the famous pirate Henry Morgan, is living a carefree and careless life on an island in the Carribean Read More »
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) Herbert I. Leeds, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Puerto Rico has become the back door by which a criminal syndicate smuggles inexpensive contraband diamonds from South America into the United States Read More »
The Battle of the Sexes (1928) D.W. Griffith, Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, Belle Bennett, Comedy
Greed (1924) Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Drama, Thriller, Western
Men in White (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Drama, Romance
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Read More »
Emma (1932) Clarence Brown, Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt, Comedy, Drama, Romance
When their mother dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher who has been the nanny to his 3 children but now has an infant to care for. Read More »