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The Good Earth

1937, Movie, NR, 138 mins

GOOD EARTH, THE
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Classic melodrama. Muni, in a powerful role--another marvelous offbeat characterization--is a simple rice farmer who weds Rainer, a kitchen slave, in an arranged marriage. Through incredible labor, Muni and Rainer make their little farm into a success, allowing Muni to buy many more rice fields and to prosper. They produce three children, and all seems promising until severe drought turns the land into an unyielding crust. When famine sets in, the family begins to starve, fo... read more leave a comment
Year: 1937
Rated NR

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Cast
Paul Muni: Wang Lung
Luise Rainer: O-Lan
Walter Connolly: Uncle
Tilly Losch: Lotus
Charley Grapewin: Old Father
Jessie Ralph: Cuckoo

 

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