THE GOOD EARTH

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• Release Year: 1937
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: First came marriage, an arranged union of peasant farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) and kitchen slave O-Lan (Luise Rainer). Then, through poverty and wealth, family and betrayal, war and pestilence, came love.; ; From Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Good Earth combines Wang and O-Lan's story with a sweeping saga of China in upheaval. Muni and Rainer had both won 1936 Academy Awards, and Rainer repeated here with another Best Actress Oscar. The film also won for Best Cinematography - with camerawork most powerfully on display in the astonishing locust-plague sequence. Producer Irving Thalberg, known for combining literary prestige with commercial success, died during the production, and the film is dedicated to him
• Cast: Philip Ahn, Clarence Lung, Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Jessie Ralph, Soo Yong, Keye Luke, Roland Lui, Suzanna Kim, Ching Wah Lee, Harold Huber, Olaf Hytten, William Law, Mary Wong, Lotus Liu, Philson Ahn, Caroline Chew, Chester Gan, Betty Soo Hoo, Bessie Loo, Richard Loo, Charles Middleton, Miki Morita, Sammee Tong, Iris Wong, Marcella Wong, Shirley Wu, Victor Sen Yung, Sidney Franklin, Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger
• Director: Sidney Franklin
• Runtime: 2:18
• Company: Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
• Media Format: Movie