The Green Pastures (film)
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| Directed by |
Marc Connelly William Keighley |
| Produced by | Jack L. Warner |
| Screenplay by | Sheridan Gibney |
| Based on |
The Green Pastures & Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun 1930 play & 1928 novel by Marc Connelly & Roark Bradford |
| Starring |
Rex Ingram Oscar Polk Eddie Anderson |
| Music by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
| Edited by | George Amy |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros |
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93 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $3,750,000 (estimated by 1939) |
The Green Pastures is a 1936 American film depicting stories from the Bible as visualized by African-American 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-African American cast, though elements of it were criticised by civil rights activists at the time and subsequently.
God tests the human race in this reenactment of Bible stories set in the world of black American folklore.
In spite of criticisms about its racial stereotyping, The Green Pastures proved to be an enormously popular film. On its opening day at New York's Radio City Music Hall, tickets sold at a rate of 6,000 per hour. The film was held over for an entire year's run at some theaters. It remained the highest grossing all-black cast film until the release of Carmen Jones in 1954.
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