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The Good Earth is a 1937 American drama film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive.
The Good Earth: Directed by Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, Sam Wood. With Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch. Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
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- 1937-08-06
- Drama, Romance
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Nov 17, 2022 · The story of a farmer in China: a story of humility and bravery. His father gives Wang Lung a freed slave as wife. By diligence and frugality the two manage to enlarge their property. But then a famine forces them to leave their land and live in the town.
The Good Earth (1937) - Turner Classic Movies. 2h 18m. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements. Cast & Crew. Read More. Sidney Franklin. Director. Paul Muni. Wang [Lung] Luise Rainer.
- Sidney Franklin
- Paul Muni
Apr 20, 2014 · Wang (Paul Muni) is a poor farmer who bears the brunt of living a hand to mouth existence. Into his life comes a new bride, O-Lan (Luise Rainer) & his luck begins to...
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The Good Earth is a historical fiction novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in a 20th-century Chinese village in Anhwei. It is the first book in her House of Earth trilogy, continued in Sons (1932) and A House Divided (1935).
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®*.
