The Good Earth (1937)
June 2, 1937Release Date
The Good Earth (1937)
June 2, 1937Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Paul Muni
Wang
Luise Rainer
O-Lan
Walter Connolly
Uncle
Tilly Losch
Lotus
Charley Grapewin
Old Father
Jessie Ralph
Cuckoo
Victor Fleming
Director
Soo Yong
Aunt
Gustav Machatý
Director
Keye Luke
Elder Son
Roland Lui
Younger Son
Sam Wood
Director
Suzanna Kim
Little Fool
Ching Wah Lee
Ching
Sidney Franklin
Director
Harold Huber
Cousin
Talbot Jennings
Writer
Olaf Hytten
Liu - Grain Merchant
Tess Slesinger
Writer
William Law
Gateman
Claudine West
Writer
Mary Wong
Little Bride
Pearl S. Buck
Writer
Philip Ahn
Captain (uncredited)
Herbert Stothart
Composer
Victor Sen Yung
Peasant (uncredited)
Karl Freund
Cinematographer
Richard Loo
Farmer (uncredited)
Basil Wrangell
Editor
Charles Middleton
Banker (uncredited)
Irving Thalberg
In Memory Of
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 2, 1937
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 19m
Budget$2,800,000
Filming LocationsBeijing · Peking, People's Republic of China · Utah · Los Angeles, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
The Good Earth is a 1937 American drama film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive. It was adapted by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, and Claudine West from the 1932 play by Owen Davis and Donald Davis, which was in itself based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, with uncredited contributions by Victor Fleming and Gustav Machaty.
The film stars Paul Muni as Wang Lung. For her role as his wife O-Lan, Luise Rainer won an Academy Award for Best Actress. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Karl Freund. It was nominated for Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Picture. Its world premiere was at the elegant Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.