---
title: 'The Good Earth (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Victor Fleming'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-good-earth-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028944/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Good Earth (1937)

1937 · 138 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Good Earth is a 1937 American drama film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive. It was adapted by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, and Claudine West from the 1932 play by Owen Davis and Donald Davis, which was in itself based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, with uncredited contributions by Victor Fleming and Gustav Machaty.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Victor Fleming](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-fleming), [Sidney Franklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-franklin), [Gustav Machatý](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-machaty)
- **Screenplay:** [Pearl S. Buck](https://cinepixo.com/people/pearl-s-buck), [Frances Marion](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-marion), [Claudine West](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudine-west), [Talbot Jennings](https://cinepixo.com/people/talbot-jennings), [Tess Slesinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/tess-slesinger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Producer:** [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)
- **Editor:** [Basil Wrangell](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-wrangell)

## Cast

- [Paul Muni](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-muni)
- [Charley Grapewin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charley-grapewin)
- [Soo Yong](https://cinepixo.com/people/soo-yong)
- [Tilly Losch](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilly-losch)
- [Jessie Ralph](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessie-ralph)
- [Walter Connolly](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-connolly)
- [Luise Rainer](https://cinepixo.com/people/luise-rainer)
- [Philip Ahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-ahn)
- [Keye Luke](https://cinepixo.com/people/keye-luke)
- [Harold Huber](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-huber)
- [Kam Tong](https://cinepixo.com/people/kam-tong)
- [Richard Loo](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-loo)
- [Charles Middleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-middleton)
- [Olaf Hytten](https://cinepixo.com/people/olaf-hytten)

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