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The Good Earth

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.

Director

Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Wang

O-Lan

Uncle

Walter Connolly

Lotus

Old Father

Charley Grapewin

Cuckoo

Aunt

Elder Son

Younger Son

Little Fool

Ching

Cousin

Liu - Grain Merchant

Gateman

Little Bride

Revolutionary Army Captain

Man

Teahouse Dancer

Chinese Girl

Chinese Peasant

Teahouse Singer

Younger Son

Baby

Chinese Peasant

Chinese Girl Singing and Playing Mandolin

Chinese Woman

Chinese Farmer

Boy

Banker

Charles Middleton

Elderly Chinese

Wang's House Guest

Child

Chinese Boy

Chinese Peasant

Chinese Man

Chinese Woman

Baby

Baby

Chinese Peasant

Victor Sen Yung

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O-lan Liu - Grain Merchant Elder Son Aunt Uncle Ching

Morning medley! - The Good Earth

Morning medley!

This is the day - The Good Earth

This is the day

Chickens! Good buy! Eat! - The Good Earth

Chickens! Good buy! Eat!

Peaches! Fresh peaches!
Good peaches are the friend! - The Good Earth

Peaches! Fresh peaches! Good peaches are the friend!

Forgive me! - The Good Earth

It will grow! - The Good Earth

I am with child. - The Good Earth

I am with child.

Enough for the day, - The Good Earth

Enough for the day,

Why have you left the field? - The Good Earth

Why have you left the field?

I'll have a red coat on him - The Good Earth

I'll have a red coat on him

Now then, why are you
not in the fields today? - The Good Earth

Now then, why are you not in the fields today?

Look! Dark clouds! - The Good Earth

Look! Dark clouds!

Rain? We'll loose the harvest! - The Good Earth

Rain? We'll loose the harvest!

Hey hurry with the wheat! - The Good Earth

Hey hurry with the wheat!

There's hail in that storm! Let's go! - The Good Earth

There's hail in that storm! Let's go!

Help me load the cart! - The Good Earth

Help me load the cart!

What is it? Is it the child? - The Good Earth

What is it? Is it the child?

I get a woman. - The Good Earth

I'll get eggs, and dye them red - The Good Earth

I'll get eggs, and dye them red

Oh my son is very pleased! - The Good Earth

Oh my son is very pleased!

Now then! - The Good Earth

Well! - The Good Earth

Ha ha ha ha ha! - The Good Earth

Ha ha ha ha ha!

And the child! A beautiful child! - The Good Earth

And the child! A beautiful child!

Here's the son of Wong Loong! - The Good Earth

Here's the son of Wong Loong!

It dries even if we carry it! - The Good Earth

It dries even if we carry it!

You know we're not thieves! - The Good Earth

You know we're not thieves!

He's my friend. - The Good Earth

He's my friend.

My friend! - The Good Earth

But... it's earth! - The Good Earth

But... it's earth!

Ching! - The Good Earth

Hunger makes men mad - The Good Earth

Hunger makes men mad

Come come! You're little man now! - The Good Earth

Come come! You're little man now!

Little one she never cries now - The Good Earth

Little one she never cries now

If you could have a little food - The Good Earth

If you could have a little food

And well you know I must sell - The Good Earth

And well you know I must sell

What a pity! What a pity! - The Good Earth

What a pity! What a pity!

How can you walk anywhere?
With the child? - The Good Earth

How can you walk anywhere? With the child?

What do you say father, shall
we ride in this fire wagon? - The Good Earth

What do you say father, shall we ride in this fire wagon?

Hey hey! Have a kind heart good sir! - The Good Earth

Hey hey! Have a kind heart good sir!

What is it? What happened? - The Good Earth

What is it? What happened?

Where did he work? Where did he work? - The Good Earth

Where did he work? Where did he work?

Where are all these soldiers going - The Good Earth

Where are all these soldiers going

What is it? What is it?
Why you shouting? - The Good Earth

What is it? What is it? Why you shouting?

Hey what do they want? - The Good Earth

Hey what do they want?

No! No! I was hungry! Mercy! - The Good Earth

No! No! I was hungry! Mercy!

Captain! Prepare to march! - The Good Earth

Captain! Prepare to march!

What haven't I seen?
What have I not seen! - The Good Earth

What haven't I seen? What have I not seen!

We can go back, - The Good Earth

We can go back,

Home! - The Good Earth

I told their teacher to beat them - The Good Earth

I told their teacher to beat them

That must be the stairway! - The Good Earth

That must be the stairway!

She's like a dream person! - The Good Earth

She's like a dream person!

Well What is it? What is it? - The Good Earth

Well What is it? What is it?

I know that I'm ugly,
and not to be loved. - The Good Earth

I know that I'm ugly, and not to be loved.

There's a woman - The Good Earth

There's a woman

Who is that man going out the gate? - The Good Earth

Who is that man going out the gate?

Now then what? - The Good Earth

Get off my land. - The Good Earth

Get off my land.

Good day master! Good day! - The Good Earth

Good day master! Good day!

Get out! Out of my sight! - The Good Earth

Get out! Out of my sight!

Faster! Faster!
Make that thing wider! - The Good Earth

Faster! Faster! Make that thing wider!

Up here! Hurry! Hurry!
Bring the fire stuff! - The Good Earth

Up here! Hurry! Hurry! Bring the fire stuff!

Millions! Millions! - The Good Earth

Millions! Millions!

See! They land in one place! - The Good Earth

See! They land in one place!

Hey! Hurry with the fire stuff! - The Good Earth

Hey! Hurry with the fire stuff!

Load the fire stuff from here!
Get them! - The Good Earth

Load the fire stuff from here! Get them!

Get the torches! - The Good Earth

Get the torches!

It's breaking through,
just as I predicted it! - The Good Earth

It's breaking through, just as I predicted it!

They'll be eaten,
there's no doubt about it now! - The Good Earth

They'll be eaten, there's no doubt about it now!

We must fight them with our hands! - The Good Earth

We must fight them with our hands!

Chen! Keep fighting! Don't give up! - The Good Earth

Chen! Keep fighting! Don't give up!

The wind! The wind! The wind! The wind! - The Good Earth

The wind! The wind! The wind! The wind!

We beat them!
We beat them! We beat them! - The Good Earth

We beat them! We beat them! We beat them!

Have all the guests had rice? - The Good Earth

Have all the guests had rice?

Well, and she's beautiful! - The Good Earth

Well, and she's beautiful!

Everyone be here
not smiling because of me. - The Good Earth

Everyone be here not smiling because of me.

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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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Director: Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý

Writer: Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, Claudine West

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 1937

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 06 Aug 1937

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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