The Good Earth (1937)
- Starring:
- Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, (more)
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Good Earth
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, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 138 mins
Complete Cast of The Good Earth
- Paul Muni - Wang Lung
- Walter Connolly - Uncle
- Charles Grapewin - Old Father
- Keye Luke - Elder Son
- Harold Huber - Cousin
- William Law - Gateman
- Richard Loo - Farmer
- Charles B. Middleton - Banker
- Ching Wah Lee - Ching
- Chester Gan - Singer in Tea House
- Sammee Tong - Chinaman
- Caroline Chew - Dancer
- Luise Rainer - O-Lan
- Tilly Losch - Lotus
- Jessie Ralph - Cuckoo
- Suzanna Kim - Little Fool
- Olaf Hytten - Grain Merchant
- Maly Wong - Little Bridee
- Roland Got - Younger Son
- Philip Ahn - Captain
- Lotus Liu - Lotus
- Miki Morita - House Guest of Wang
- Soo Yong - Old Mistress Aunt
- Director(s):
- Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Sidney Franklin
- Writer(s):
- Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, Donald Davis
- Producer(s):
- Albert Lewin, Irving G. Thalberg
- 1937 - Film Daily - 10 Best Films
- 1937 - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1937 - New York Times - 10 Best Films
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