The Great Meadow

The Great Meadow
1931 theatrical poster
Directed by	Charles Brabin
Written by	Elizabeth Madox Roberts (novel) Edith Ellis Charles Brabin
Produced by	Louis B. Mayer Irving Thalberg
Starring	Johnny Mack Brown Eleanor Boardman
Cinematography	William H. Daniels Clyde De Vinna
Edited by	George Hively
Music by	William Axt
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	January 24, 1931
Country	United States
Language	English

The Great Meadow is a 1931 sound film adventure produced and distributed by MGM with direction by Charles Brabin. The film starred Eleanor Boardman and Johnny Mack Brown. The story of The Great Meadow written by Elizabeth Madox Roberts is similar in theme to that of Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds and made into a 1939 film titled Drums Along the Mohawk by John Ford.

Cast

• Johnny Mack Brown – Berk Jarvis
• Eleanor Boardman – Diony Hall
• Lucille La Verne – Elvira Jarvis
• Anita Louise – Betty Hall
• Gavin Gordon – Evan Muir
• Guinn "Big Boy" Williams – Rubin Hall
• Russell Simpson – Thomas Hall
• Sarah Padden – Mistress Molly Hall
• Helen Jerome Eddy – Sally Tolliver

unbilled

• William Bakewell – Jack Jarvis
• James Bradbury Jr – Bit
• Heinie Conklin – Bit
• Dale Fuller – Bit
• Lloyd Ingraham – Elly Harmon
• Gardner James – Bit
• Paul Kruger – Bit
• Lillian Leighton – Bit
• James A. Marcus – Bit
• Frank McGlynn, Sr. – Bit
• John Miljan – Daniel Boone
• Helen Millard – Bit
• Virginia Sale – Bit
• Andy Shuford – Bit
• Jerry Stewart – Bit
• Greg Whitespear – Bit

External links

• The Great Meadow at the American Film Institute Catalog
• The Great Meadow at IMDb.com
• The Great Meadow; allmovie.com
• The Great Meadow lobby poster