THE GOOD EARTH.

Young farmer Wang Lung marries a slave at the Great House in pre-World War I northern China. O-Lan gives birth to a second daughter but kills her shortly after birth to spare her from starvation. Wang Lung becomes besotted with Lotus (Tilly Losch), a pretty, young dancer at the local tea house, and makes her his second wife.

Credits

Cast
Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly
Complete catalog record
THE GOOD EARTH. The Theatre Guild, Inc. 1937. 14 reels, sd., b&w. Based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck. Credits: Associate producer, Albert Lewin; director, Sidney Franklin; screenplay, Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, Claudine West; film editor, Basil Wrangell; music score, Herbert Stothart. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.; 8Feb37; LP6925.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q612540 ↗ — color, country