The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)

09/26/1932 (US) • 1h 18m

Drama

They said this book was "throbbing, vital, absorbing." (N.Y. American) You'll say the same thing about the picture!

Overview

Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

Top Billed Cast

Dorothy Jordan

Betty Wright

Bette Davis

Madge Norwood

Hardie Albright

Roland Neal

David Landau

Tom Blake

Berton Churchill

Lane Norwood

Dorothy Peterson

Lilly Blake


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

daughter

based on novel or book

southern usa

son

education

tenant

poverty

black and white

confrontation

pre-code

social justice

lynch mob

landlord tenant relationship

rich girl

cotton

cotton picker

bookkeeper

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