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White Banners (1938)

NR · 1938-06-23 · 1h 32m · EN
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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.

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Edmund GouldingDirector

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Claude RainsClaude RainsPaul WardFay BainterFay BainterHannahJackie CooperJackie CooperPeter TrimbleBonita GranvilleBonita GranvilleSally WardHenry O'NeillHenry O'NeillSam TrimbleKay JohnsonKay JohnsonMarcia WardJames StephensonJames StephensonThomas BradfordJ. Farrell MacDonaldJ. Farrell MacDonaldDr. ThompsonWilliam PawleyWilliam PawleyJoe EllisEdward PawleyEdward PawleyBill EllisJohn RidgelyJohn RidgelyCharles EllisMary FieldMary FieldHester

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Homeless person

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityHomeless PersonDialogue densityDramaDirector preference272384Actor preference112456 · 276459 · 159920Country preferenceUs

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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.

How long is White Banners?

White Banners has a runtime of 92 minutes.