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Roark Bradford (novel) and
Marc Connelly (play)
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27 January 1937 (Denmark) more
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural... more | add synopsis
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| Rex Ingram | ... | Adam / De Lawd / Hezdrel | |
| Oscar Polk | ... | Gabriel | |
| Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | ... | Noah (as Eddie Anderson) | |
| Frank H. Wilson | ... | Moses / Sexton (as Frank Wilson) | |
| George Reed | ... | Mr. Deshee / Aaron | |
| Abraham Gleaves | ... | Archangel | |
| Myrtle Anderson | ... | Eve | |
| Al Stokes | ... | Cain | |
| Edna Mae Harris | ... | Zeba (as Harris, Edna M.) | |
| James Fuller | ... | Cain the Sixth | |
| George Randol | ... | High Priest | |
| Ida Forsyne | ... | Mrs. Noah | |
| Ray Martin | ... | Shem | |
| Charles Andrews | ... | Flatfoot / Gambler (as Chas. Andrews) | |
| Dudley Dickerson | ... | Ham | |
| Jimmy Burress | ... | Japheth | |
| Billy Cumby | ... | Abraham / King of Babylon / Head Magician (as William Cumby) | |
| Ivory Williams | ... | Jacob | |
| David Bethea | ... | Aaron | |
| Ernest Whitman | ... | Pharaoh | |
| Reginald Fenderson | ... | Joshua | |
| Slim Thompson | ... | Master of Ceremonies / Man on Ground | |
| Clinton Rosemond | ... | Prophet | |
| Hall Johnson Choir | ... | Vocal Ensemble | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| John Alexander | ... | Dancer #1 (uncredited) | |
| Willie Best | ... | Henry, the Angel (uncredited) | |
| Dorothy Bishop | ... | Mrs. Japheth (uncredited) | |
| William Broadus | ... | Mr. Randall (uncredited) | |
| Ben Carter | ... | Gambler (uncredited) | |
| Lillian Davis | ... | Viney Prohack (uncredited) | |
| Amanda Drayton | ... | Mrs. Randall (uncredited) | |
| Jesse Graves | ... | General (uncredited) | |
| Minnie Gray | ... | Mrs. Ham (uncredited) | |
| Bessie Guy | ... | Mrs. Shem (uncredited) | |
| Jester Hairston | ... | Member of Hall Johnson Choir (uncredited) | |
| Philip Hurlic | ... | Carlisle Randall (uncredited) | |
| Johnny Lee | ... | Angel (uncredited) | |
| Bessie Lyle | ... | Mrs. Prohack (uncredited) | |
| Etta McDaniel | ... | Heckler at the Ark (uncredited) | |
| Mantan Moreland | ... | Angel Removing Hat (uncredited) | |
| Charlotte Sneed | ... | Carlotta Prohack (uncredited) | |
| Fred 'Snowflake' Toones | ... | Zubo (uncredited) | |
| Duke Upshaw | ... | Abel / Dancer #2 (uncredited) | |
| Rosena Weston | ... | Zipporah (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Marc Connelly | |||
| William Keighley | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Roark Bradford | (novel "Ol'Man Adam and His Chillun'") | |
| Marc Connelly | play | |
| Marc Connelly | screenplay | |
| Sheridan Gibney | uncredited | |
Produced by | |||
| Henry Blanke | .... | supervising producer | |
| Jack L. Warner | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold | (uncredited) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Hal Mohr | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| George Amy | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Stanley Fleischer | |||
| Allen Saalburg | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Milo Anderson | (uncredited) | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Sherry Shourds | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Nathan Levinson | .... | sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Fred Jackman | .... | special photographic effects | |
Music Department | |||
| Leo F. Forbstein | .... | musical director | |
| Hall Johnson | .... | conductor: Hal Johnson choir | |
| Hall Johnson | .... | music arranger: choral arrangements | |
| Hugo Friedhofer | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
93 min
1.37 : 1 more
Finland:(Banned) (1936) | Finland:K-16 (1945)
The original Broadway stage production won the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It opened on Feb. 26, 1930 at the Mansfield Theatre in New York and ran for 640 performances. Juanita Hall, who later played "Bloody Mary" in both the stage and film versions of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic South Pacific (1958), appeared in the original 1930 stage production of "The Green Pastures". more
Continuity: One of Noah's son's is shown riding a "zebra" in the scene showing the loading of the animals onto the ark. However, it obviously is a donkey or mule made to look like a zebra. Also, while he is riding the zebra, two other zebras are shown being loaded. more
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I watched this movie late at night with a bunch of munchkins and wondered why more of the adults didn't come watch it with us... It is a unique, well-made, unassuming, enjoyable, surprising, well-told "story." I say "story," because it is a description more than a tale of one way to conceive of the "Lawd of heaven." Gotta love the southern accents. They did a great job and left me rethinking the way I thought of things and smiling as I thought of the way they portrayed it all. It was also curious to me to see how society's perception of music, race, and Sundays has changed, but how some things never change.
Favorite quote... by "The Lawd" - "I'm going ta make me a miracle"