Jean Hersholt Movies

  • 1940
    The Courageous Dr. Christian

    The Courageous Dr. Christian

    The Courageous Dr. Christian

    5.41940HD

    A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of the town to help out.

    The Courageous Dr. Christian
  • 1932
    Night Court

    Night Court

    Night Court

    6.41932HD

    A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.

    Night Court
  • 1931
    Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

    Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

    Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

    6.41931HD

    A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome...

    Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
  • 1931
    Transatlantic

    Transatlantic

    Transatlantic

    5.51931HD

    As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund...

    Transatlantic
  • 1928
    The Battle of the Sexes

    The Battle of the Sexes

    The Battle of the Sexes

    5.21928HD

    Gum-chewing frizzy-haired golddigger Marie Skinner cooks up a scheme with her lover Babe Winsor, a jazz hound, to fleece a portly middle-aged real...

    The Battle of the Sexes
  • 1934
    The Cat and the Fiddle

    The Cat and the Fiddle

    The Cat and the Fiddle

    6.91934HD

    A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

    The Cat and the Fiddle
  • 1931
    The Phantom of Paris

    The Phantom of Paris

    The Phantom of Paris

    5.91931HD

    Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.

    The Phantom of Paris
  • 1925
    Stella Dallas

    Stella Dallas

    Stella Dallas

    7.11925HD

    An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a wealthy man, and the problem gets worse when their daughter...

    Stella Dallas
  • 1936
    His Brother's Wife

    His Brother's Wife

    His Brother's Wife

    5.61936HD

    Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to marry but Cliff's brother is convinced Rita is no...

    His Brother's Wife
  • 1940
    Remedy for Riches

    Remedy for Riches

    Remedy for Riches

    4.81940HD

    A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in the "Dr. Christian" series of six films.

    Remedy for Riches
  • 1936
    Tough Guy

    Tough Guy

    Tough Guy

    4.61936HD

    An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.

    Tough Guy
  • 2004
    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    72004HD

    Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film...

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel
  • 1922
    The Strangers' Banquet

    The Strangers' Banquet

    The Strangers' Banquet

    01922HD

    In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and accedes to the unreasonable demands of John...

    The Strangers' Banquet
  • 1932
    Are You Listening?

    Are You Listening?

    Are You Listening?

    51932HD

    WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and...

    Are You Listening?
  • 1930
    Mamba

    Mamba

    Mamba

    4.81930HD

    August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the...

    Mamba
  • 1936
    Sins of Man

    Sins of Man

    Sins of Man

    01936HD

    Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the...

    Sins of Man
  • 1944
    To the People of the United States

    To the People of the United States

    To the People of the United States

    5.51944HD

    World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.

    To the People of the United States
  • 1917
    Black Orchids

    Black Orchids

    Black Orchids

    11917HD

    Frivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her father relates a story in which an equally frivolous...

    Black Orchids
  • 1928
    Abie's Irish Rose

    Abie's Irish Rose

    Abie's Irish Rose

    01928HD

    When a Catholic and a Jew wed they find themselves disowned by both of their families.

    Abie's Irish Rose
  • 1929
    The Younger Generation

    The Younger Generation

    The Younger Generation

    6.551929HD

    Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows...

    The Younger Generation