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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 Good Earth (1937): Film, 138 minutes; director Sidney Franklin; writer Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, Claudine West; featuring Paul Muni, Louise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Charlie Grapevin, Keye Luke. The Good Earth was a greater movie of a great novel in 1937 than it is now.
The Good Earth: Directed by Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, Sam Wood. With Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch. Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly. BFI Player. Watch at home. BFI Southbank. London SE1 8XT.
The Good Earth (1937) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Sidney Franklin and Gustav Machat? and produced by Irving Thalberg and Albert Lewin. SYNOPSIS. Excellent, painstaking adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's 1931 tome about a Chinese peasant family whose rise to wealth nearly destroys them, save for the saintly O'Lan.
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- Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance
- Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly
- Based on Play, Book-Based, Romance (Drama)
China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.
Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. 'Who wants to see a picture about Chinese farmers?' asked LB Mayer of his production chief Irving Thalberg. Thalberg had asked the same question about a...
