The Good Earth

The Good Earth (1937) is a film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive. It was adapted by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, and Claudine West from the play by Donald Davis and Owen Davis, which was in itself based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming (uncredited) and Gustav Machaty (uncredited). The film starred Paul Muni as Wang Lung. For her... More

Initial release date:

  • Jan 29, 1937

Runtime:

  • 2 h 18 min

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  • The Good Earth

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Victor Fleming

Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were The Wizard...

Sidney Franklin

Sidney Arnold Franklin (March 21, 1893 — May 18, 1972) was an American film director and producer. Franklin, like William C. deMille, specialized in adapting...

Gustav Machatý

Gustav Machatý (9 May 1901 – 14 December 1963) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 17 films between 1919 and 1955, including Ecstasy...

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Jan 31, 2006
  • Aug 6, 1937
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  • 2 h 18 min

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  • 2,800,000

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Awards

Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role Winners

Academy Award for Best Director Nominees

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List Rank Note
  • 184
  • 7.0

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The Good Earth

The Good Earth is a novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1932. The best selling novel in the United States in both 1931 and 1932, it was an influential factor in Buck's winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. It is the first book in a...

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