The Green Pastures (film)
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| Directed by | Marc Connelly William Keighley |
| Produced by | Jack L. Warner |
| Written by | Roark Bradford (novel) Mark Connelly (play and screenplay Sheridan Gibney |
| Starring | Rex Ingram Oscar Polk Eddie Anderson |
| Music by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
| Editing by | George Amy |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 16, 1936 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
The Green Pastures is a 1936 film depicting stories from the Bible as visualized by African American characters. It starred Rex Ingram (in several roles, including "De Lawd"), Oscar Polk, and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. It was based on the novel Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun by Roark Bradford and the subsequent Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Marc Connelly.
Although criticised by civil rights activists at the time, and subsequently, it is one of only six feature films in the Hollywood Studio era to feature an all-African American cast.[1]
Cast [edit]
- Abraham Gleaves as Archangel
- Al Stokes as Cain
- Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as Noah
- Edna Mae Harris as Zeba
- Frank Wilson as Moses
- George H. Reed as Mr. Deshee / Aaron
- Myrtle Anderson as Eve
- Oscar Polk as Gabriel
- Rex Ingram as De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
References [edit]
- ^ G. S. Morris "Thank God for Uncle Tom - Race and Religion Collide in The Green Pastures", Bright Lights, Issue 59, February 2008
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