White Banners (1938)
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Synopsis of White Banners
Based on another of Lloyd C. Douglas' "better living through faith" short stories, White Banners stars Claude Rains as a chemistry professor who invents an icebox that requires no ice. The invention is stolen, throwing Rains and his faithful young assistant Jackie Cooper into a deep depression. Rains' housekeeper Fay Bainter buoys the inventor's spirits with her happy demeanor, wise homilies and good cooking. Through her influence, Rains and Cooper return to the lab and create an even more advanced refrigeration device. And just what is Bainter's stake in all this? Why, she's Cooper's long-lost mother...but don't you dare tell him. Though Fay Bainter was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in White Banners, the film itself is so forgettable that it doesn't even rate a mention in most mass-market movie ratings books. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of White Banners
- Claude Rains - Paul Ward
- Jackie Cooper - Peter Trimble
- Henry O'Neill - Sam Trimble
- James Stephenson - Thomas Bradford
- William Pawley - Joe Ellis
- Mary Field - Hester
- Fay Bainter - Hannah Parmalee
- Bonita Granville - Sally Ward
- Kay Johnson - Marcia Ward
- John Farrell MacDonald - Dr. Thompson
- John Ridgely - Charles Ellis
- Edward McWade - Sloan
- Director(s):
- Edmund Goulding
- Writer(s):
- Lenore J. Coffee, Cameron Rogers, Abem Finkel
- Producer(s):
- Henry Blanke, Hal B. Wallis
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