The Good Earth (film)
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| The Good Earth | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Franklin Victor Fleming Gustav Machatý |
| Written by | Pearl S. Buck (novel) Donald Davis (play) Owen Davis (play) Talbot Jennings Tess Slesinger Claudine West |
| Starring | Paul Muni Luise Rainer Walter Connolly Tilly Losch Charley Grapewin |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart Edward Ward |
| Cinematography | Karl Freund |
| Editing by | Basil Wrangell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| Release date(s) | January 29, 1937 |
| Running time | 138 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,800,000 (estimated) |
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The Good Earth (1937) is a movie based on the 1931 book of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck about Chinese peasants who struggle through their life.
Many of the characters were played by Western actors who were made to look Oriental with aide of many new make-up techniques that were first used on this movie. The film starred Paul Muni as Wang Lung. For her role as his wife O-Lan, Luise Rainer won an Academy Award for Best Actress.
The film was adapted by Felix E. Feist (uncredited), Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger and Claudine West from the play by Donald Davis and Owen Davis, which was in itself adapted from the novel. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming (uncredited) and Gustav Machaty (uncredited).
Besides Rainer's Oscar, 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.
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