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  • White Banners (1938)
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    92 min | Drama
White Banners (1938)
Approved
92 min | Drama

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 ...See moreA 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. Written by Dan Navarro See less
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Director
Writers
Lenore J. Coffee (screenplay) (as Lenore Coffee) | Cameron Rogers (screenplay) | Abem Finkel (screenplay) | Lloyd C. Douglas (from: the Cosmopolitan Magazine story by)
Composer
Cinematographer
Charles Rosher (photographed by)
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Updated Jan 28, 1938

Release date
Jun 23, 1938 (United States)

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Cast

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20 cast members
Name Known for
Claude Rains
Prof. Paul Ward Prof. Paul Ward   See fewer
Fay Bainter
Hannah Hannah   See fewer
Jackie Cooper
Peter Trimble Peter Trimble   See fewer
Bonita Granville
Sally Ward Sally Ward   See fewer
Henry O'Neill
Sam Trimble Sam Trimble   See fewer
Kay Johnson
Marcia Ward Marcia Ward   See fewer
James Stephenson
Thomas Bradford Thomas Bradford   See fewer
J. Farrell MacDonald
Dr. Thompson (as J. Farrell McDonald) Dr. Thompson (as J. Farrell McDonald)   See fewer
William Pawley
Joe Ellis Joe Ellis   See fewer
Edward Pawley
Bill Ellis Bill Ellis   See fewer
John Ridgely
Charles Ellis Charles Ellis   See fewer
Mary Field
Hester Hester   See fewer
John Harron
Milkman (uncredited) Milkman (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Mower
Clerk (uncredited) Clerk (uncredited)   See fewer
Spec O'Donnell
Snowball Thrower (uncredited) Snowball Thrower (uncredited)   See fewer
Cliff Saum
Mover (uncredited) Mover (uncredited)   See fewer
Peggy Stewart
Sally's Friend (uncredited) Sally's Friend (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Sully
Butcher's Delivery Man (uncredited) Butcher's Delivery Man (uncredited)   See fewer
Douglas Wood
Dean (uncredited) Dean (uncredited)   See fewer
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