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.

Imprint:Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]

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

Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937.

Note:Based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck.

Note:Special features: Vintage musical short "Hollywood party"; "Supreme court of films picks the champions" newsreel; theatrical trailer.

Performers:Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin.

Note: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.

Audience:Not rated.

Note:DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

LanguageEnglish or French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.

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