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Status
Released
Release
1932
Runtime
1h 18m
"They said this book was "throbbing, vital, absorbing." (N.Y. American) You'll say the same thing about the picture!"
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
22 Cast Members
Richard Barthelmess
Marvin Blake
Dorothy Jordan
Betty Wright
Bette Davis
Madge Norwood
Hardie Albright
Roland Neal
David Landau
Tom Blake
Berton Churchill
Lane Norwood
Dorothy Peterson
Lilly Blake
Russell Simpson
Uncle Joe
Tully Marshall
Slick
Henry B. Walthall
Eph Clinton
Edmund Breese
Holmes Scott
John Marston
Russell Carter
Erville Alderson
Sock Fisher
William Le Maire
Jake Fisher
Clarence Muse
A Blind Negro
Frank Austin
Tenant Farmer (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Virginia Hammond
Miriam Norwood (uncredited)
Florine McKinney
Liza Blake (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)
