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White Banners

NR1h 32m1938Edmund Goulding
IMDb: 7.0/10
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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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What is White Banners (1938) 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…

Who stars in White Banners?

White Banners stars Claude Rains (Paul Ward), Fay Bainter (Hannah), Jackie Cooper (Peter Trimble), Bonita Granville (Sally Ward), Henry O'Neill (Sam Trimble). The film was directed by Edmund Goulding.

How long is White Banners?

White Banners has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1938. It is rated NR.

Is White Banners worth watching?

White Banners holds an IMDb rating of 7.0/10. Fans of Drama are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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