Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 nominations total
Herbert Anderson
- Baxter
- (as Guy Anderson)
Jimmy Lydon
- Clinton
- (as James Lydon)
John Phillip Law
- Minor Role
- (scenes deleted)
David Alpert
- Secretary
- (uncredited)
Arthur Anderson
- Court Clerk
- (uncredited)
Robert Board
- Secretary
- (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
- Headwaiter
- (uncredited)
Morgan Brown
- Justice
- (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
- Senator
- (uncredited)
Lyle Clark
- Secretary
- (uncredited)
Dick Cogan
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was Louis Calhern's only lead role in a non-silent film.
- GoofsWhen Oliver and Fanny run out of the library upon hearing the fire bells, a moving shadow of the camera and rigging is visible on the bookcase to the right.
- Quotes
Oliver Wendell Holmes: [to Reynolds] It's a free country. Everybody's entitled to his opinion... even the President of the United States.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951)
Featured review
A Judge In Love
I grew up in East Los Angeles so my history of Judge Oliver W Holmes is not very good. If this was a good recounting of the actual life of Holmes is unbeknown to me. The story told however was interesting to me because it was about love and friendship interactions with other human beings. Louis Calhern played Oliver W Holmes and did a masterful job of playing a man that ages into his nineties. Ann Harding played his wife Fanny was also masterful until her death in the film. This man Holmes did not have children in the normal sense but counted many of his law clerks as his sons when serving in the Supreme Court. His friend played my Eduard Franz (Judge Brandeis) had a friendship that last their entire careers in public service. They formed a voting group of two on the court but the friendship was so close that each other was not afraid to correct the other when it was needed. This is what a real friend will do. So this film really was about friendship/love and growing old together, a good movie to watch.
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- jcholguin
- Jul 6, 2003
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- Budget
- $639,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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