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The Good Earth (1937)
Directed by Sidney Franklin
“China… Land of unrest… Tomorrow they may starve!”
Drama, History, Romance · 2h 19m
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.
Cast
Paul Muni
Luise Rainer
Walter Connolly
Tilly Losch
Charley Grapewin
Jessie Ralph
Soo Yong
Keye Luke
Ching Wah Lee
Harold Huber
Crew
- Director
- Sidney Franklin
- Screenplay
- Claudine West, Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger
- Novel
- Pearl S. Buck
- Director of Photography
- Karl Freund
- Original Music Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Editor
- Slavko Vorkapich, Basil Wrangell
- Producer
- Irving Thalberg
Details
- Release date
- 1937-06-02
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget
- $2,800,000
- Box office
- $3,557,000