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Title:

The good earth [videorecording] / a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; producer, Irving Thalberg ; adapted for the stage by Owen Davis and Donald Davis ; written by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, Claudine West ; directed by Sidney Franklin.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Distributed by Warner Home Video,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Farmers--China--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Granjeros--China--Teatro.
Relaciones hombre-mujer--Teatro.
Farmers--China--Drama.
Man-woman relationship--Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.
Historical--Feature.

Other Authors:

Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936.
Jennings, Talbot.
Franklin, Sidney A., 1893-1972.
Slesinger, Tess, 1905-1945.
West, Claudine, d. 1943.
Muni, Paul, 1895-1967.
Rainer, Luise, 1910-
Connolly, Walter, 1887-1940.
Stothart, Herbert, 1885-1949.
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. Good earth.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Notes:

Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937. Based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck. Special features: Vintage musical short "Hollywood party"; "Supreme court of films picks the champions" newsreel; theatrical trailer.

Summary:

A young farmer named Wang Lung marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan. Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth.

ISBN:

9780790793085
0790793083

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63059084

UPC:

012569692626

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)