Jean Hersholt
Kjent for: Acting
Fødselsdag: 1886-07-10
Fødselssted: Copenhagen, Denmark
Også kjent som: Jean Pierre Hersholt, Jean Pierre Carl Buron
Greed
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
Utgivelse : 1924.12.04Popularitet : 9.553
The Mask of Fu Manchu
The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an...
Utgivelse : 1932.11.05Popularitet : 6.003
The Beast of the City
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.
Utgivelse : 1932.02.13Popularitet : 2.502
Fifth Avenue Models
A model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is ruined. In order to pay for it, she asks her father, an...
Utgivelse : 1925.04.26Popularitet : 0.827
Flames
Railroad builder James Travers (George Nichols) wants his pretty daughter, Anne (Virginia Valli), to marry Herbert Landis, a young engineer (Eugene...
Utgivelse : 1926.09.15Popularitet : 0.794
Grand Hotel
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
Utgivelse : 1932.05.25Popularitet : 9.164
Mark of the Vampire
Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's...
Utgivelse : 1935.04.26Popularitet : 9.258
The Terror
Gunman Chuck Connelly is hired to silence the new district attorney who has been pounding the graft organizations. Chuck goes to the D. A.'s home to...
Utgivelse : 1917.02.12Popularitet : 0.959
Love's Prisoner
A young lady, who "hates the law" rises from the tenements to society. Financial reverses lead her to commit a series of burglaries as "The Bird"....
Utgivelse : 1919.06.07Popularitet : 1.409
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls...
Utgivelse : 1938.05.24Popularitet : 6.413
Happy Landing
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
Utgivelse : 1938.01.23Popularitet : 6.004
The Old Soak
To the distress of his family, Clem Hawley, retired from his garage business, spends his time and money in the company of Al, the local bootlegger.
Utgivelse : 1926.10.11Popularitet : 0.964
Stage Door Canteen
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a...
Utgivelse : 1943.06.24Popularitet : 6.699
Cheap Kisses
Refusing to join his family in their new social life when Henry Dillingham suddenly becomes wealthy, Donald Dillingham causes even greater...
Utgivelse : 1924.12.21Popularitet : 0.882
Dinner at Eight
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of...
Utgivelse : 1933.12.22Popularitet : 12.358
The Painted Veil
The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.
Utgivelse : 1934.11.23Popularitet : 8.516
Dancing in the Dark
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio...
Utgivelse : 1949.12.02Popularitet : 2.645
Vincent Price's Dracula
Vincent Price hosts this documentary exploring the historical myths surrounding vampires.
Utgivelse : 1986.01.01Popularitet : 1.196
Abie's Irish Rose
When a Catholic and a Jew wed they find themselves disowned by both of their families.
Utgivelse : 1928.04.19Popularitet : 4.581
The Golden Trail
At the Golden Trail saloon in Alaska, Dave Langdon meets chorus girl Faro Kate who reminds him of his long-lost love, Jane Sunderlin. Meanwhile, back...
Utgivelse : 1920.09.01Popularitet : 1.779
Jazzmania
The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow her government.
Utgivelse : 1923.02.12Popularitet : 3.534
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
Utgivelse : 1928.01.30Popularitet : 2.283
The Phantom of Paris
Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.
Utgivelse : 1931.09.12Popularitet : 5.852
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find...
Utgivelse : 1939.04.07Popularitet : 3.661
The Cat and the Fiddle
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
Utgivelse : 1934.02.16Popularitet : 1.438
The Crime of the Century
A doctor who is also a “mentalist” confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he’s confessed to hasn’t...
Utgivelse : 1933.02.18Popularitet : 3.731
Emma
When Fred Smith's wife dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher, who has been nanny to the couple's three children, cares also for the family's new...
Utgivelse : 1932.01.02Popularitet : 3.5
Men in White
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact...
Utgivelse : 1934.04.06Popularitet : 4.846
The Battle of the Sexes
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...
Utgivelse : 1928.10.12Popularitet : 2.621
The Clash of Steel
Princess Seraphina, taking her small son, Paul, flees from Yulania to the village of Champ Fleury in Normandy, because of the debauchery of her...
Utgivelse : 1917.03.16Popularitet : 1.231
Flesh
Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.
Utgivelse : 1932.12.08Popularitet : 8.378
Don Q Son of Zorro
Don Cesar De Vega crosses swords with a vicious member of the Queen's Guard, and steals the affection of a young heiress. When the officer frames the...
Utgivelse : 1925.06.15Popularitet : 9.516
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
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...
Utgivelse : 1931.10.10Popularitet : 9.716
His Brother's Wife
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...
Utgivelse : 1936.08.07Popularitet : 7.35
Break of Hearts
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance...
Utgivelse : 1935.05.31Popularitet : 6.915
One in a Million
American theatrical manager discovers Greta Muller preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
Utgivelse : 1937.01.01Popularitet : 7.076
East Is West
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...
Utgivelse : 1930.10.23Popularitet : 2.596
Hearts of Humanity
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...
Utgivelse : 1932.08.31Popularitet : 4.453
Are You Listening?
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...
Utgivelse : 1932.03.21Popularitet : 3.916
Hell Harbor
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...
Utgivelse : 1930.03.14Popularitet : 5.143
They Meet Again
Dr. Christian takes time out from his appointed rounds to help clear a bank teller of embezzlement charges.
Utgivelse : 1941.07.11Popularitet : 3.503
When Romance Rides
Lucy Bostil, daughter of a Colorado ranch owner, is led by a dog to his master, Lin Slone, who is exhausted from a struggle to capture a wild horse;...
Utgivelse : 1922.03.16Popularitet : 0.85
The Younger Generation
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...
Utgivelse : 1929.03.04Popularitet : 4.785
Her Night of Romance
An impoverished British lord (Paul Menford) impersonates a doctor in order to woo an ailing American heiress (Dorothy Adams). The lord is in it for...
Utgivelse : 1924.11.24Popularitet : 3.15
Seventh Heaven
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...
Utgivelse : 1937.03.25Popularitet : 3.963
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this category that is among the lost. No negative or print...
Utgivelse : 1930.02.23Popularitet : 4.638
Tough Guy
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
Utgivelse : 1936.01.24Popularitet : 2.108
Five of a Kind
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.
Utgivelse : 1938.10.14Popularitet : 3.395
Remedy for Riches
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.
Utgivelse : 1940.11.29Popularitet : 3.071
To the People of the United States
World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.
Utgivelse : 1944.04.16Popularitet : 2.908
New Morals for Old
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...
Utgivelse : 1932.06.04Popularitet : 1.973
Unashamed
A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.
Utgivelse : 1932.07.02Popularitet : 1.806
Daybreak
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
Utgivelse : 1931.05.02Popularitet : 4.799
The Fountain
Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von...
Utgivelse : 1934.08.22Popularitet : 1.721
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
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...
Utgivelse : 2004.02.03Popularitet : 3.46
Viennese Nights
In 1890, Gus Sascher joins the Austrian Army and romances the impoverished girl Elsa Hofner. Elsa instead marries the wealthier officer Franz von...
Utgivelse : 1930.11.25Popularitet : 2.538
The Country Doctor
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
Utgivelse : 1936.03.12Popularitet : 3.96
Heidi
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph...
Utgivelse : 1937.10.15Popularitet : 12.928
I'll Give a Million
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is...
Utgivelse : 1938.07.27Popularitet : 2.437
Mamba
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...
Utgivelse : 1930.03.09Popularitet : 1.525
Skyscraper Souls
After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan....
Utgivelse : 1932.07.16Popularitet : 3.847
Stella Dallas
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...
Utgivelse : 1925.11.16Popularitet : 1.078
Reunion
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for...
Utgivelse : 1936.11.20Popularitet : 2.559
Give and Take
The owner of a fruit cannery is facing financial ruin as a result of a strike. Unbeknownst to him, his son is the person who is organizing it.
Utgivelse : 1928.12.23Popularitet : 0.882
Tess of the Storm Country
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...
Utgivelse : 1922.11.12Popularitet : 3.734
Souls for Sale
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Utgivelse : 1923.04.22Popularitet : 3.594
The Strangers' Banquet
In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and accedes to the unreasonable demands of John...
Utgivelse : 1922.12.31Popularitet : 2.895
Meet Dr. Christian
The first of six films in the "Dr. Christian" series, starring Jean Hersholt as a small town doctor trying to convince local officials to approve...
Utgivelse : 1939.11.17Popularitet : 2.442
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being...
Utgivelse : 1921.03.06Popularitet : 12.879
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
Utgivelse : 1931.10.23Popularitet : 2.049
The Girl on the Barge
The illiterate daughter of a drunken, nasty sea captain falls in love with a tugboat pilot. Her father disapproves of the relationship, and is...
Utgivelse : 1929.02.03Popularitet : 1.704
Red Lights
A mysterious figure attempts to keep a daughter from reuniting with her father.
Utgivelse : 1923.09.30Popularitet : 0.575
Black Orchids
Frivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her father relates a story in which an equally frivolous...
Utgivelse : 1917.01.01Popularitet : 2.4
The Courageous Dr. Christian
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.
Utgivelse : 1940.04.04Popularitet : 1.42
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
A conman arrives in town trying to sell his miracle methods of weight loss to the ladies. It's left to the good Dr. Christian to expose this fake and...
Utgivelse : 1940.08.05Popularitet : 3.974
Melody for Three
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...
Utgivelse : 1941.06.19Popularitet : 0.766
Murder in the Fleet
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of...
Utgivelse : 1935.05.24Popularitet : 9.134
'49–'17
A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The...
Utgivelse : 1917.10.15Popularitet : 1.447
Night Court
A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.
Utgivelse : 1932.06.04Popularitet : 3.444
Transatlantic
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...
Utgivelse : 1931.08.19Popularitet : 2.864
Sins of Man
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...
Utgivelse : 1936.06.19Popularitet : 1.236
The Cat Creeps
Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.
Utgivelse : 1930.11.10Popularitet : 3.143
My Old Dutch
The story that inspired Albert Chevalier to write his immortal Costermonger song, 'My Old Dutch', is the story this picture tells of London's quaint...
Utgivelse : 1926.05.23Popularitet : 1.246
Song of the Eagle
This drama centers on the fight for certain post-Prohibitionist groups to gain total control over the liquor industry. Much of the tale is focused...
Utgivelse : 1933.04.27Popularitet : 2.946
Hell's Hinges
When Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in the town of Hell's Hinges, saloon owner Silk Miller and his cohorts sense danger to their...
Utgivelse : 1916.03.05Popularitet : 8.701
So Big
After graduating from a fashionable finishing school and touring Europe with her father, Selina Peake returns to the United States, where her father...
Utgivelse : 1924.12.28Popularitet : 1.841
The Secret Hour
An Elderly fruit grower sends a photo of his foreman, not himself, to a waitress he wishes to marry. She falls in love with the foreman.
Utgivelse : 1928.02.04Popularitet : 4.196
The Disciple
Jim Houston, the "Shootin' Iron" Parson, comes to Barren Gulch to reform the morals of the frontier community.
Utgivelse : 1915.10.16Popularitet : 1.967
Run for Cover
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
Utgivelse : 1955.04.29Popularitet : 3.054
Private Lives
Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot is remarried to Sibyl and Amanda married Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples...
Utgivelse : 1931.12.12Popularitet : 4.49
The Soul Herder
Harry is thrown out of town and on his way across the desert meets a minister and his family; when the man is killed in an Indian raid, Harry takes...
Utgivelse : 1917.08.07Popularitet : 0.956
Dangerous Innocence
Ann, a 19-year-old girl who looks much younger, meets a dashing army major on a boat sailing from Liverpool to Bombay, India, and falls in love with...
Utgivelse : 1925.04.12Popularitet : 0.001
Jazz Mad
A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up...
Utgivelse : 1928.11.18Popularitet : 0.934
The Aryan
Steve Denton, rich from years of prospecting, is fleeced by the citizens of Yellow Ridge. In his rage, he kidnaps the woman most responsible and...
Utgivelse : 1916.04.09Popularitet : 2.351
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...
Utgivelse : 1940.07.31Popularitet : 2.697
Complicated Women
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...
Utgivelse : 2003.05.06Popularitet : 5.144
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the...
Utgivelse : 1954.09.28Popularitet : 2.043
The Climax
Young Italian girl wants to become a great opera singer.
Utgivelse : 1930.01.04Popularitet : 1.238
Heart's Haven
A fine cast brings depth to this melodrama of a crippled boy, an unhappy marriage, an injured young lady and the miracle of faith.
Utgivelse : 1922.08.08Popularitet : 0.55
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's...
Utgivelse : 1941.12.05Popularitet : 2.663
The Greater Glory
A story of Vienna following World War I, in which the butchers became millionaires and the aristocrats became beggars, told against a background of...
Utgivelse : 1926.05.02Popularitet : 2.264
13 Washington Square
In this comedy, a wealthy matron is terribly upset when she learns that her socialite son is planning to marry a blue collar girl.
Utgivelse : 1928.01.28Popularitet : 0.68
Princess Virtue
The daughter of a disowned upper class Bostonian finds acceptance in Parisian society.
Utgivelse : 1917.11.12Popularitet : 1.187
The Saintly Sinner
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...
Utgivelse : 1917.02.26Popularitet : 0.426
A Stormy Knight
While relaxing in his cabin one stormy night, John Winton, a rising young businessman who has successfully resisted the institution of marriage, is...
Utgivelse : 1917.09.10Popularitet : 1.312
Southern Justice
Three old men -- Judge Moran (George Hernandez), Roger Appleby (Jack Curtis) and Caleb Talbot (Jean Hersholt) -- are the caretakers of a young boy,...
Utgivelse : 1917.05.28Popularitet : 0.942
Love Aflame
Jack Calvert bets four friends that he can travel from New York to Constantinople without a cent.
Utgivelse : 1917.01.29Popularitet : 0.529
The Man Of The Forest
Ailing ranch owner Al Auchincloss (Harry Lorraine) sends for his two nieces, Helen and Bo Raynor (Claire Adams and Charlotte Pierce), who are his...
Utgivelse : 1921.06.01Popularitet : 1.158
The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
The City of Stars is structured as a "coming attractions" promo within the fictional framework of an Eastern editor (vaudeville actor Broderick...
Utgivelse : 1924.03.21Popularitet : 1.25
Madame Spy
Robert "Bob" Wesley horrifies his father, Admiral John Wesley of the Naval Advisory Board, by failing his examination at the Annapolis naval academy....
Utgivelse : 1918.01.21Popularitet : 0.617
The Wrong Mr. Wright
Scott Sidney silent mistaken identity romantic comedy about a timid man, named Seymour White, who creates a new kind of ladies' lingerie. When he...
Utgivelse : 1927.02.27Popularitet : 5.193
Alias The Deacon
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
Utgivelse : 1927.06.20Popularitet : 1.66
A New Hat for the Madam
A young woman is out shopping and buys a new hat in the latest fashion. Unfortunately, the hat is so huge that it leaves a trail of destruction...
Utgivelse : 1906.11.15Popularitet : 0.355
Kinkaid, Gambler
Determined to maintain her status as a star detective, Nellie Gleason goes after Jim Kinkaid, who has fled to Mexico after robbing real estate...
Utgivelse : 1916.12.04Popularitet : 1.467
The Third Alarm
The story of the firemen at Engine House No.8, where widower Frank "Dad" Brooks is the beloved veteran and whose children, Milly and Jimmie, are...
Utgivelse : 1930.11.16Popularitet : 1.24
The Goldfish
A newly married husband and wife make an agreement that should either of them want to terminate their relationship then a bowl with goldfish would be...
Utgivelse : 1924.03.30Popularitet : 3.16
It Must Be Love
Fernie Schmidt (Colleen Moore) lives with her parents in the rear of their delicatessen. The smells of the business - cheeses, sausages, garlic and...
Utgivelse : 1926.08.22Popularitet : 2.616
The Deceiver
The story of a man who seeks self-aggrandizement regardless of the sacrifice of friends, sweetheart and honor, but who is finally made to realize the...
Utgivelse : 1920.12.01Popularitet : 1.128
Christopher Bean
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...
Utgivelse : 1933.11.17Popularitet : 1.784
Torment
Torment is a 1924 American silent film crime drama produced and directed by Maurice Tourneur and distributed by Associated First National. This film...
Utgivelse : 1924.02.25Popularitet : 0.881
The Woman on the Jury
The story of a woman on trial for her life for shooting the man who had promised to love her but had deserted her...and of a woman on the jury who...
Utgivelse : 1924.04.20Popularitet : 1.749
Modern Love
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...
Utgivelse : 1929.07.21Popularitet : 0.9
Fighting for Love
Two cowboys, Jim and Johnny Little Bear, discover a rich mine and decide to spend some of their money traveling. Their travels lead them to the...
Utgivelse : 1917.01.08Popularitet : 1.134
The Red Lane
After returning home from years spent in a convent, Marie Beaulieu, is shocked to discover that her father, the leader of a band of smugglers,...
Utgivelse : 1920.07.12Popularitet : 0.417