The Good Earth (film)
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Original film poster
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| Directed by |
Sidney Franklin Victor Fleming (uncredited) Gustav Machatý (uncredited) |
| Produced by |
Irving Thalberg Albert Lewin (associate producer) |
| Screenplay by |
Talbot Jennings Tess Slesinger and Claudine West |
| Based on | the novel by Pearl S. Buck adapted for the stage by Owen Davis and Donald Davis |
| Starring |
Paul Muni and Luise Rainer |
| Music by |
Herbert Stothart Edward Ward (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Karl Freund, A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Basil Wrangell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Release date
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Running time
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138 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,816,000 |
| Box office | $3,557,000 |
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 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.
In pre-World War I northern China, a young farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer), a lowly servant at the Great House, the residence of the most powerful family in their village. O-Lan proves to be an excellent wife, hard working and uncomplaining. Wang Lung prospers. He buys more land, and O-Lan gives birth to two sons and a daughter. Meanwhile, the Great House begins to decline.
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