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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
First came marriage, an arranged union of peasant farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) and kitchen slave O-Lan (Luise Rainer). Then, through poverty and wealth, family and betrayal, war and pestilence, came love.From Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Good Earth combines Wang and O-Lan's story with a sweeping saga of China in upheaval. Muni and Rainer had both won 1936 Academy Awards,* and Rainer repeated here with another Best Actress Oscar.* The film also won for Best Cinematography - with camerawork most powerfully on display in the astonishing locust-plague sequence. Producer Irving Thalberg, known for combining literary prestige with commercial success, died during the production, and the film is dedicated to him.Running Time: 138 min.Format: DVD MOVIE
"One of the finest things Hollywood has done this season or any other. Does full justice to the novel." Frank S. Nugent, New York Times
Editor's Note
Excellent, painstaking adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's 1931 tome about a Chinese peasant family whose rise to wealth nearly destroys them, save for the saintly O-Lan. The special effects and the cinematography are wonderful and Rainer won the second of her consecutive Oscars for Best Actress. This was Thalberg's last production and is dedicated to his memory. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Picture; Best Director.
| Features | Audio: English, French Mono | | Hollywood Party [1937 MGM Short] | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Supreme Court of Films Picks the Champions [Newsreel] | | Theatrical Trailers |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 1/31/2006 |
| Running Time: 138 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1937 | | Catalog ID: 66926 | | UPC: 00012569692626 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1938) |  | Luise Rainer, Winner, Best Actress | | Karl Freund, Winner, Best Cinematography | | | Sidney Franklin, Nominee, Best Director | | | Basil Wrangell, Nominee, Best Editing | | | Irving Thalberg, Albert Lewin, Nominee, Best Picture |
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