White Banners (1938)
From a woman's love-scarred heart to the heart of all America...comes this startling secret of happiness!
A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real interest is in meeting their neighbor, teenager Peter Trimble. It turns out that Peter is the son she bore out of wedlock and gave up for adoption, and now Hannah has returned to town to see what sort of young man her son has become.
Director: Edmund Goulding
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 92 min
Release Date: June 23, 1938
Cast
- Claude Rains - Paul Ward
- Fay Bainter - Hannah
- Jackie Cooper - Peter Trimble
- Bonita Granville - Sally Ward
- Henry O'Neill - Sam Trimble
- Kay Johnson - Marcia Ward
- James Stephenson - Thomas Bradford
- J. Farrell MacDonald - Dr. Thompson
- William Pawley - Joe Ellis
- Edward Pawley - Bill Ellis
Screenplay
- Lloyd C. Douglas (Story)
- Lenore J. Coffee (Screenplay)
- Cameron Rogers (Screenplay)
- Abem Finkel (Screenplay)
Music: Max Steiner
Cinematography: Charles Rosher
Language: English
Original Language: en
Keywords
homeless person
More Films by Director: Edmund Goulding
More Films in Genre: Drama
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is White Banners about?
- A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real interest is in meeting their neighbor, teenager Peter Trimble. It turns out that Peter is the son she bore out of wedlock and gave up for adoption, and now Hannah has returned to town to see what sort of young man her son has become.
- Who directed White Banners?
- White Banners was directed by Edmund Goulding.
- Who stars in White Banners?
- White Banners stars Claude Rains, Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Henry O'Neill, Kay Johnson.
- How long is White Banners?
- White Banners has a runtime of 1h 32m (92 minutes).
- What genre is White Banners?
- White Banners is a Drama film.