The Green Pastures (1936)
1h 33m
Running Time
August 1, 1936Release Date
The Green Pastures (1936)
1h 33m
Running Time
August 1, 1936Release Date
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Plot.
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
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Cast & Crew.
Rex Ingram
De Lawd
Oscar Polk
Gabriel
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Noah
Frank H. Wilson
Moses
George Reed
Mr. Deshee
George H. Reed
Mr. Deshee
Sheridan Gibney
Writer
Abraham Gleaves
Archangel
Myrtle Anderson
Eve
George Randol
High Priest
Al Stokes
Cain
Ida Forsyne
Noah's Wife
Edna Mae Harris
Zeba
James Fuller
Cain the Sixth
Anna Mae Fritz
Stout Angel / Young Gambler / Second Cleaner (uncredited)
Etta Moten
Angel (uncredited)
Marc Connelly
Director
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
William Keighley
Director
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Henry Blanke
Supervising Producer
Hal Mohr
Cinematographer
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Original Music Composer
Stanley Fleischer
Art Direction
Sherry Shourds
Assistant Director
Charles David Forrest
Sound
Nathan Levinson
Sound
Allen Saalburg
Art Direction
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Wiki.
The Green Pastures is a 1936 American film depicting stories from the Bible as visualized by black characters. It starred Rex Ingram (in several roles, including "De Lawd"), Oscar Polk, and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. It was based on the 1928 novel Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun by Roark Bradford and the 1930 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Marc Connelly.
The Green Pastures was one of only six feature films in the Hollywood Studio era to feature an all-black cast. Elements of the film were criticized by civil rights activists at the time and subsequently. The film had a copyright notice in 1936 that was renewed in 1963. The film will become public domain in the United States in 2032 under current copyright law.