Jean Hersholt Movies

  • 1929
    Modern Love

    Modern Love

    Modern Love

    01929HD

    In order to keep her job, a young dress designer must keep her recent marriage a secret from her boss. An important client arrives from Paris and her...

    Modern Love
  • 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
  • 1928
    13 Washington Square

    13 Washington Square

    13 Washington Square

    5.21928HD

    In this comedy, a wealthy matron is terribly upset when she learns that her socialite son is planning to marry a blue collar girl.

    13 Washington Square
  • 1935
    Break of Hearts

    Break of Hearts

    Break of Hearts

    5.51935HD

    Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance...

    Break of Hearts
  • 1954
    A Star Is Born World Premiere

    A Star Is Born World Premiere

    A Star Is Born World Premiere

    81954HD

    Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the...

    A Star Is Born World Premiere
  • 1924
    Cheap Kisses

    Cheap Kisses

    Cheap Kisses

    01924HD

    Refusing to join his family in their new social life when Henry Dillingham suddenly becomes wealthy, Donald Dillingham causes even greater...

    Cheap Kisses
  • 1932
    Unashamed

    Unashamed

    Unashamed

    6.31932HD

    A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.

    Unashamed
  • 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
  • 1932
    Emma

    Emma

    Emma

    6.41932HD

    After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.

    Emma
  • 1933
    The Crime of the Century

    The Crime of the Century

    The Crime of the Century

    6.31933HD

    Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up...

    The Crime of the Century
  • 1924
    The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios

    The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios

    The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios

    71924HD

    The City of Stars is structured as a "coming attractions" promo within the fictional framework of an Eastern editor (vaudeville actor Broderick...

    The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
  • 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?
  • 1933
    Christopher Bean

    Christopher Bean

    Christopher Bean

    01933HD

    When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his paintings cheaply from a family who have no idea of...

    Christopher Bean
  • 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
  • 1921
    The Man Of The Forest

    The Man Of The Forest

    The Man Of The Forest

    01921HD

    Ailing ranch owner Al Auchincloss (Harry Lorraine) sends for his two nieces, Helen and Bo Raynor (Claire Adams and Charlotte Pierce), who are his...

    The Man Of The Forest
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1932
    New Morals for Old

    New Morals for Old

    New Morals for Old

    4.21932HD

    Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married...

    New Morals for Old
  • 1917
    The Saintly Sinner

    The Saintly Sinner

    The Saintly Sinner

    01917HD

    When her father goes broke in the stock market, Jane Lee is forced to leave her prestigious boarding school. Glad-handing John Brock, an old friend...

    The Saintly Sinner