The Green Pastures

The Green Pastures (1936)

A Miracle in Technicolor!

  • Genre: Drama, Fantasy
  • Release Date: 1936-08-01
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 14 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Marc Connelly, William Keighley.
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Summary

God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.

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  • Oscar Polk

    as Gabriel

  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    as Noah

  • Rex Ingram

    as De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel

  • Frank H. Wilson

    as Moses

  • George H. Reed

    as Mr. Deshee / Aaron

  • Abraham Gleaves

    as Archangel

  • Myrtle Anderson

    as Eve

  • Al Stokes

    as Cain

  • Edna Mae Harris

    as Zeba

  • James Fuller

    as Cain the Sixth

  • George Randol

    as High Priest

  • Ida Forsyne

    as Noah's Wife

  • Anna Mae Fritz

    as Stout Angel / Young Gambler / Second Cleaner (uncredited)

  • Etta Moten

    as Angel (uncredited)

  • Bill Cumby

    as Abraham / Head Magician / King of Babylon

  • Clarence Muse

    as Angel (uncredited)

  • Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

    as Zubo (uncredited)

  • Ernest Whitman

    as Pharaoh

  • Willie Best

    as Henry - the Angel (uncredited)

  • Dudley Dickerson

    as Ham

  • Etta McDaniel

    as Heckler at the Ark (uncredited)

  • Mantan Moreland

    as Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)

  • Jester Hairston

    as Member of Hall Johnson Choir (uncredited)

  • Theresa Harris

    as Angel (uncredited)

  • Jesse Graves

    as General (uncredited)
Directing Marc Connelly Director
Directing William Keighley Director
Sound Erich Wolfgang Korngold Original Music Composer
Camera Hal Mohr Director of Photography
Art Stanley Fleischer Art Direction
Art Allen Saalburg Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Milo Anderson Costume Design
Directing Sherry Shourds Assistant Director
Sound Charles David Forrest Sound
Sound Nathan Levinson Sound
Production Jack L. Warner Executive Producer
Production Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer
Production Henry Blanke Supervising Producer
Writing Sheridan Gibney Writer
Writing Marc Connelly Story

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