Jean Hersholt
16 titles
Filmography
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Meet Dr. Christian
(1939)A pleasant down-home entry which casts Hersholt as the title doctor in the mythical town of Rivers End, Minnesota.
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
(1940)
Hearts of Humanity
(1932)
They Meet Again
(1941)In this last entry in the "Dr. Christian" series, the good doctor is determined to free a young man from prison. The man was sent there for embezzlement, but Dr. Christian doesn't believe he embezzled the money, and sets out to find the real culprit.
Melody for Three
(1941)Dr. Christian reunites a music teacher, a maestro and their violin-prodigy son.
The Courageous Dr. Christian
(1940)A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in an impoverished area of town and tries to get the rest of the community to help out.
Heidi
(1937)An aunt takes a Swiss orphan from the girl's grandfather in the Swiss Alps and puts her to work in Frankfurt as companion to a disabled child.
Emma
(1932)Middle-aged housekeeper Emma (Marie Dressler) helps a lonely widower, Ronald Smith (Richard Cromwell) raising his spoiled and over-entitled children. When Smith takes Emma on a vacation, he makes his feelings for her known by proposing marriage. Emma happily accepts, but tragedy strikes when Smith dies of a heart attack shortly after. Emma is devastated, but then must face Smith's children, who suspect she may have been involved in the death of their father.
Seventh Heaven
(1937)A Parisian sewer worker longing for a rise in status and a beautiful wife lives in a barren flat with a girl he rescued from the police.
Greed
(1924)The sudden fortune won from a lottery brings such destructive greed that it tears apart the lives of the three people involved.
Run for Cover
(1955)A convict (James Cagney) just released from prison becomes sheriff of a western town after being mistaken for a train robber.
Private Lives
(1931)
The Cat and the Fiddle
(1934)Jeanette MacDonald's MGM debut is a witty and colorful film based on the Kern-Harbaugh stage musical comedy.
The Mask of Fu Manchu
(1932)A group of Englishmen race to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan before the evil Dr. Fu Manchu and his daughter get to it and take over the world.
Grand Hotel
(1932)A drama dealing with the interpersonal relationships of a variety ofpeople living in a Berlin hotel.
Don Q Son of Zorro
(1925)Don Cesar, the son of the legendary Zorro, is forced on the lam in Spain when he’s framed for murder and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q.