The Good Earth (1937)
- Starring:
- Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, (more
- Category:
- Drama
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Based on Donald Davis and Owen Davis' stage-adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's sprawling novel, Sidney Franklin's The Good Earth is the story of a Chinese farming couple whose lives are torn apart by poverty, greed, and nature. Paul Muni stars as Wang Lung a hardworking, but poor, farmer who weds freed-slave O-Lan (Luise Rainer). They struggle to build a life together, but after finally finding success, a plague of locusts descends upon their land, bringing a true test of the couple's perseverance. For her performance, Luise Rainer won the second of back-to-back Best Actress Oscars, while cinematographer Karl Freund took home an Academy Award for his photography work. The Good Earth was the final film production of Irving Thalberg, who died before the film was completed. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 138 mins
Complete Cast:
- Paul Muni - Wang Lung
- Walter Connolly - Uncle
- Charles Grapewin - Old Father
- Keye Luke - Elder Son
- Harold Huber - Cousin
- William Law - Gateman
- Roland Got - Younger Son
- Ching Wah Lee - Ching
- Philip Ahn - Captain
- Chester Gan - Singer in Tea House
- Charles B. Middleton - Banker
- Lotus Liu - Lotus
- Luise Rainer - O-Lan
- Tilly Losch - Lotus
- Jessie Ralph - Cuckoo
- Suzanna Kim - Little Fool
- Olaf Hytten - Grain Merchant
- Maly Wong - Little Bridee
- Miki Morita - House Guest of Wang
- Sammee Tong - Chinaman
- Richard Loo - Farmer
- Soo Yong - Old Mistress Aunt
- Caroline Chew - Dancer
- Director(s):
- Victor Fleming, Sidney Franklin, Sidney Franklin
- Writer(s):
- Donald Davis, Claudine West, Tess Slesinger
- Producer(s):
- Irving G. Thalberg, Albert Lewin
- Categories:
- Drama
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- 1937 - The Good Earth - Film Daily - 10 Best Films
- 1937 - The Good Earth - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1937 - The Good Earth - New York Times - 10 Best Films
