List of the best Jean Hersholt movies: Mamba(1930), The Battle of the Sexes(1928), Sins of Man(1936), Meet Dr. Christian(1939), The Country Doctor(1936), Remedy for Riches(1940), Melody for Three(1941), Hearts of Humanity(1932), Dr. Christian Meets the Women(1940), Five of a Kind(1938), They Meet Again(1941), Courageous Dr. Christian(1940) ... ...
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1930
78 Minutes
August Bolte
Jean Hersholt Eleanor Boardman Ralph Forbes Claude Fleming Will Stanton William von Brincken Hazel Jones Arthur Stone Torben Meyer Andrés de Segurola Edward Martindel
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 name of a deadly snake. Despised by the ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1928
90 Minutes
The Father
Jean Hersholt Phyllis Haver Belle Bennett Don Alvarado Sally O'Neil William Bakewell John Batten
businessman wife gold digger boyfriend daughter son positive endearing hedonistic witty family home nightclub city scam infidelity middle age unhappy marriage confrontation pursuit revenge
Gum-chewing frizzy-haired gold-digger Marie Skinner cooks up a scheme with her lover Babe Winsor, a jazz hound, to fleece a portly, middle-aged real estate tycoon, William Judson. Marie ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1936
77 Minutes
Christopher Freyman
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 second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Dr. Christian
Jean Hersholt Dorothy Lovett Robert Baldwin Enid Bennett Paul Harvey Marcia Mae Jones Jackie Moran Maude Eburne
A pleasant down-home entry which casts Hersholt as the title doctor in the mythical town of Rivers End, Minnesota.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1936
110 Minutes
Dr. John Luke
doctor constable nephew trader love interest baby charming emotional heartwarming moosetown, canada small town rural life medical profession birth winter epidemic daunting task quest rise 1930s
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for delivering his services in a lumber town until he delivers the Dionne quintuplets.
6.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
60 Minutes
Dr. Paul Christian
A college friend of the local soda-jerk comes to town and lets it be known that he's looking for property on which to build a resort. When he buys some land and suddenly "discovers" there's... See full summary »
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Dr. Paul Christian
Jean Hersholt Fay Wray Walter Woolf King Schuyler Standish
Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music teacher. His interest isn't just in the boy's music career--he believes it would be best ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Drama
USA
1932
56 Minutes
Sol Bloom
Jean Hersholt Jackie Searle J. Farrell MacDonald Claudia Dell Charles Delaney
Genial Irish NYC policeman Tom O'Hara is looking forward to the arrival of his wife and their young son, Shandy from Ireland. Several days before the ship is to dock, O'Hara gets a ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Drama
USA
1940
68 Minutes
Dr. Paul Christian
Jean Hersholt Dorothy Lovett Edgar Kennedy Rod La Rocque Frank Albertson Marilyn Merrick Maude Eburne Veda Ann Borg Lelah Tyler William Gould Heinie Conklin
A "professor" hits Dr. Christian's town, promising the local women dramatic weight loss in a very short time if they follow his regimen of strict diet and a particular type of diet pill. Dr... See full summary »
5.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
83 Minutes
Dr. John Luke
Jean Hersholt Claire Trevor Cesar Romero Slim Summerville Henry Wilcoxon Inez Courtney John Qualen Jane Darwell Pauline Moore Andrew Tombes David Torrence
reporter rival editor doctor best friend child unrestrained cheeky church newsroom radio station canada jail new york city journalism competition radio deception lawsuit publicity
At age four-and-a-half the Dionne quintuplets in their third movie - singing, dancing, playing with puppies, being charming.
5.0/10
Drama
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Dr. Paul Christian
In the sixth entry of this series, Dr. Paul Christian is giving a party for Janie Webster, a motherless little girl of nine, with a fine singing voice. But, as her father, Bob Webster, is ... See full summary »
Drama
1940
67 Minutes
Dr. Paul Christian
Jean Hersholt Dorothy Lovett Robert Baldwin Tom Neal Maude Eburne Vera Lewis George F. Meader Bobby Larson Babette Bentley Reginald Barlow Jacqueline DeRiver
A rural doctor (Jean Hersholt) fends off a widow and crusades against a shantytown to blame for an epidemic.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Peter Lorre Jean Hersholt Warren Hymer Amanda Duff Richard Lane Leon Ames Douglas Dumbrille Robert Lowery
The U.S. government asks Mr. Moto to go to Puerto Rico to investigate diamond smuggling after an earlier investigator is murdered.
5.4/10
Drama
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Lupe Velez Jean Hersholt John Holland Gibson Gowland Al St. John Paul E. Burns
Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But when her abusive father promises her to the greasy local merchant, Anita does everything in her power to make her dream a reality.
8.1/10
Drama
USA
1924
128 Minutes
Marcus Schuller
Gibson Gowland ZaSu Pitts Jean Hersholt Chester Conklin Sylvia Ashton Joan Standing Tempe Pigott Dale Fuller Oscar Gottell Otto Gottell Frank Hayes
wife dentist friend fascinating suspenseful emotional family home california doctor's office desert greed extortion paranoia fall wretched excess 1920s
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
7.6/10
Romance
USA
1927
105 Minutes
Dr. Friedrich Jüttner
Ramon Novarro Norma Shearer Jean Hersholt Gustav von Seyffertitz
prince student barmaid tutor king endearing moving heidelberg, germany beer garden university castle love freedom friendship family education growing up forbidden love 19th century
A cloistered, overprotected Austrian prince falls in love with a down-to-earth barmaid in this "Viennese fairy tale."
7.1/10
Romance
USA
1937
102 Minutes
Father Chevillon
Simone Simon James Stewart Jean Hersholt Gale Sondergaard Gregory Ratoff J. Edward Bromberg John Qualen Victor Kilian Thomas Beck Sig Ruman
sewer cleaner girl priest sister neighbor friend engaging moving uplifting paris café apartment hospital trenches church faith love devotion family violence
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Romance
USA
1931
74 Minutes
Karl Ohlin
Greta Garbo Clark Gable Jean Hersholt John Miljan Alan Hale Hale Hamilton Hilda Vaughn Russell Simpson Cecil Cunningham Ian Keith Marjorie King
Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Dr. "Hockie" Hochberg
Clark Gable Myrna Loy Jean Hersholt Elizabeth Allan Otto Kruger Wallace Ford Henry B. Walthall Samuel S. Hinds
intern fiancée physician nurse doctor best friend melodramatic tense hospital dormitory apartment operating room duty romance medicine surgery ambition cheating quest sacrifice
An idealistic doctor must make some hard choices between his dedication to the profession and his personal life.
Romance
1924
90 Minutes
Joe Diamond
Constance Talmadge Ronald Colman Jean Hersholt Albert Gran Robert Rendel Sidney Bracey
An Englishman (Ronald Colman) poses as a doctor to meet the beautiful daughter (Constance Talmadge) of a millionaire.
Drama
1936
90 Minutes
Professor Fahrenheim
Barbara Stanwyck Robert Taylor Jean Hersholt Joseph Calleia Samuel S. Hinds Edith Atwater Jed Prouty Rafael Corio Sherry Hall John Eldredge
epidemiologist gambler gangster brother model father melodramatic uplifting engaging laboratory casino south america family home new york state jungle medicine gambling siblings love triangle debt
A vengeful woman (Barbara Stanwyck) marries the brother of a scientist (Robert Taylor) working on a cure for spotted fever.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1922
137 Minutes
Ben Letts
Mary Pickford Lloyd Hughes Gloria Hope Jean Hersholt David Torrence Forrest Robinson Danny Hoy Gus Saville Madame De Bodamere Robert Russell
Wealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken up residence at the bottom. Many of the men in the squatters' village have their eyes on ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Samuel "Sam" Belmonte
Walter Huston Jean Harlow Wallace Ford Jean Hersholt Dorothy Peterson Tully Marshall John Miljan Emmett Corrigan Warner Richmond Sandy Roth J. Carrol Naish
police chief detective mobster femme fatale wife district attorney brutal gritty wild chicago police station nightclub street organized crime police corruption sibling rivalry deception prohibition violence temptation
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.
6.7/10
Western
USA
1955
93 Minutes
Mr. Swenson
James Cagney Viveca Lindfors John Derek Jean Hersholt Grant Withers Jack Lambert Ernest Borgnine Ray Teal
cowboy sheriff townspeople young woman unrestrained thrilling spirited rousing engaging confident wild west frontier shoot out mistaken identity train robbery adventure pursuit 19th century
Mistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.
6.2/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Heinrich Muller
Sonja Henie Adolphe Menjou Don Ameche Jean Hersholt The Ritz Brothers Arline Judge Dixie Dunbar Ned Sparks Montagu Love Leah Ray Albert Conti
ice skater manager reporter wife comedian secretary amusing lighthearted switzerland inn casino ice-skating rink new york city madison square garden olympic games show business ice skating investigation exploitation romance
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
5.9/10
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Professor Thalma
Katharine Hepburn Charles Boyer John Beal Jean Hersholt Sam Hardy Inez Courtney
conductor composer teacher friend professor confident disheartening melodramatic new york city europe hotel music hall café marriage music trust friendship devotion jealousy fall
Franz Roberti is a famous orchestra conductor who has a number of girlfriends. While talking with his old music teacher, Professor Thalma, he meets Constance, an aspiring music composer. ... See full summary »
4.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1931
71 Minutes
Grandfather Rittner
Lotti Loder Harry Langdon Ben Lyon Jean Hersholt Noah Beery Fred Kohler Otto Matieson Marie Astaire Frank Campeau
Georgie thinks he has killed Hank. He flees with his pal Tim and ships off to the war in Europe, eventually serving in Germany after armistice. There Georgie falls for Gretchen and promises to marry only if he can right his past mistake.
Mystery & Thriller
1931
73 Minutes
Herman
John Gilbert Leila Hyams Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt C. Aubrey Smith Natalie Moorhead Ian Keith Alfred Hickman Rose Plumer
A French magician (John Gilbert) poses as his beloved's (Leila Hyams) husband to clear himself of murder.
Drama
1932
95 Minutes
Mr. Herman
Wallace Beery Karen Morley Ricardo Cortez Jean Hersholt John Miljan Vince Barnett Herman Bing Greta Meyer Edward Brophy Ward Bond Nat Pendleton
wrestler criminal wife old flame manager promoter brooding thrilling tense gutsy wrestling ring germany beer garden new york city gym prison wrestling love triangle deception infidelity
A simple German wrestler (Wallace Beery) comes to America with his bride (Karen Morley), pregnant by another man (Ricardo Cortez).
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1931
84 Minutes
Oscar
Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Reginald Denny Una Merkel Jean Hersholt George Davis
husband wife ex-husband ex-wife charming madcap switzerland hotel marriage love-hate relationship honeymoon fidelity love pursuit 1930s
Divorced couple unexpectedly meet each other during their honeymoon and rekindle their love.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1934
83 Minutes
Herr Koerber
Greta Garbo Herbert Marshall George Brent Warner Oland Jean Hersholt Beulah Bondi Katharine Alexander Cecilia Parker Soo Yong Billy Bevan Forrester Harvey
pretty woman bacteriologist diplomat wife neighbor father emotional passionate striking austria hong kong house bedroom hospital jungle infidelity romantic dilemma medicine marriage loneliness
A wife neglected by her husband, a medical researcher in China, falls in love with a dashing diplomatic attaché.
6.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
90 Minutes
Professor
Ramon Novarro Jeanette MacDonald Frank Morgan Charles Butterworth Jean Hersholt Vivienne Segal Frank Conroy Henry Armetta Adrienne D'Ambricourt Joseph Cawthorn
ingénue singer composer fiancé musician patron charming touching tender melodramatic theater brussels, belgium paris café hotel opera infidelity perseverance love triangle creative process
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1936
76 Minutes
Doctor Mulback
Jackie Cooper Joseph Calleia Mischa Auer Harvey Stephens Jean Hersholt Edward Pawley Robert Warwick
gangster fugitive boy father dog son tense touching woods truck hideout kidnapping father/son relationship on the run friendship pets crime pursuit rise adventure
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
6.9/10
Adventure
USA
1925
110 Minutes
Don Fabrique Borusta
Douglas Fairbanks Mary Astor Donald Crisp Stella De Lanti Warner Oland Jean Hersholt Albert MacQuarrie Lottie Pickford Forrest Charles Stevens Tote Du Crow Martha Franklin
Don Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1931
73 Minutes
Dr. Dulac
Helen Hayes Lewis Stone Neil Hamilton Robert Young Cliff Edwards Jean Hersholt Marie Prevost Karen Morley Charles Winninger Alan Hale Halliwell Hobbes
doctor single mother artist jewel thief prostitute farmer melodramatic bleak profound paris france farm prison apartment city abandonment betrayal motherhood wrongful conviction patriarchy
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1931
78 Minutes
Rudolph aka Jed Kramer
Edmund Lowe Lois Moran John Halliday Greta Nissen Myrna Loy Jean Hersholt Earle Foxe Billy Bevan
A contained cast of characters traveling aboard a transatlantic ocean liner are pushed to dangerous limits though monetary issues that threaten the lives of the people onboard.
6.3/10
Horror
USA
1935
61 Minutes
Baron Otto Montay
Lionel Barrymore Bela Lugosi Elizabeth Allan Lionel Atwill Holmes Herbert Jean Hersholt Carroll Borland Ivan F. Simpson Egon Brecher Henry Wadsworth Eily Malyon
count daughter friend investigator professor doctor dark thrilling gripping prague house murder investigation vampires mysterious past love mystery discovery transformation 19th century
When a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires; but not all is what it seems.
6.2/10
Horror
USA
1932
72 Minutes
Von Berg
Boris Karloff Lewis Stone Karen Morley Myrna Loy Charles Starrett Jean Hersholt Lawrence Grant David Torrence
villain daughter commander doctor explorer archaeologist engaging campy gobi desert england expedition schemes showdown good versus evil father/daughter relationship rivalry quest rescue 1930s
(1932 Chesterfield) - John Darrow, Sarah Padden, Montagu Love, Claudia Dell. This is kind of a poverty row version of Madame X. Padden owns a notorious big-city speakeasy. When her long ... See full summary »
5.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Victor Hanson
Robert Taylor Jean Parker Ted Healy Una Merkel Nat Pendleton Jean Hersholt Arthur Byron Frank Shields Raymond Hatton Donald Cook Mischa Auer
saboteur girlfriend naval officer businessman dignitary sailor suspenseful cheeky lighthearted naval yard cruiser deck sabotage murder investigation conspiracy military life inventions bribery mystery revenge
Taylor is cast as Lt. Tom Randolph, one of several naval officers confined to his ship when a murder occurs. The victim was in the process of delivering the components for a new electrical ... See full summary »
Western
1917
61 Minutes
"Gentleman Jim" Raynor
Joe Girard Leo Pierson Mattie Witting George C. Pearce Donna Drew Jean Hersholt Harry L. Rattenbury
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1932
115 Minutes
Senf
Greta Garbo Joan Crawford John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt Ferdinand Gottschalk Tully Marshall Mary Carlisle
thief businessperson ballerina accountant secretary melodramatic passionate hotel berlin restaurant corruption romance ambition illness fall underdog transformation 1930s
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1932
100 Minutes
Jacob 'Jake' Sorenson
Warren William Maureen O'Sullivan Gregory Ratoff Anita Page Verree Teasdale Norman Foster Jean Hersholt Wallace Ford Hedda Hopper Helen Coburn Edward Brophy
bank president mistress banker secretary fiancée board member dark intense new york city skyscraper bank hotel office roof banking financial crisis deception devotion schemes construction
An entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1924
90 Minutes
Aug Hempel
Colleen Moore Joseph De Grasse John Bowers Ben Lyon Wallace Beery Gladys Brockwell Jean Hersholt Charlotte Merriam Dot Farley Ford Sterling Frankie Darro
mother farmer son husband married woman teacher melodramatic emotional illinois farm high school mother/son relationship farming struggle affair determination poverty rise sacrifice transformation
5.3/10
Comedy
USA
1932
74 Minutes
James Hallett
Robert Young Margaret Perry Lewis Stone Laura Hope Crews Myrna Loy David Newell Jean Hersholt Ruth Selwyn Kathryn Crawford Louise Closser Hale Mitchell Lewis
A single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter,who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons.they forge their own lives,and make their own mistakes as a result.
Crime, Drama
1932
90 Minutes
Janitor
Phillips Holmes Walter Huston Anita Page Lewis Stone Mary Carlisle John Miljan Jean Hersholt Tully Marshall Noel Francis Warner Richmond
A judge (Walter Huston) frames a cabby's (Phillips Holmes) wife (Anita Page) who has proof of his corruption.
7.5/10
Comedy
USA
1933
113 Minutes
Jo Stengel
Marie Dressler Jean Harlow John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lee Tracy Edmund Lowe Billie Burke Madge Evans Jean Hersholt Karen Morley
businessperson socialite husband wife actor doctor engaging melodramatic playful household new york city social standing marriage social event quest wretched excess 1930s
Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.
6.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Man
Lupe Velez Lew Ayres Edward G. Robinson E. Alyn Warren Tetsu Komai Henry Kolker Mary Forbes Edgar Norton Charles Middleton Jean Hersholt
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
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