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Writers:
Roark Bradford (novel) and
Marc Connelly (play)
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Release Date:
27 January 1937 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
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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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Vitaphone
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1936) | Finland:K-16 (1945)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Recreated on the radio on "Cavalcade of America" in 1940 and 1941, both times featuring Juano Hernandez as De Lawd. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the scene where Noah is loading animals onto the ark, four sheep are shown entering instead of the prescribed two of every animal. However, Genesis 7:2 of the Bible says that Noah was to board two of every "unclean" animal and seven of every "clean" animal. Sheep are considered "clean". more
Quotes:
Gabriel: Gangway for the lord god, Jehovah! more
Movie Connections:
Version of "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: The Green Pastures (#9.37)" (1958) more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Great movie, 15 August 2005
8/10
Author: myideeforyou from United States

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"

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