China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.
Cast
Paul Muni
Wang
Luise Rainer
O-Lan
Walter Connolly
Uncle
Tilly Losch
Lotus
Charley Grapewin
Old Father
Jessie Ralph
Cuckoo
Soo Yong
Aunt
Keye Luke
Elder Son
Roland Lui
Younger Son
Suzanna Kim
Little Fool
Ching Wah Lee
Ching
Harold Huber
Cousin
Olaf Hytten
Liu - Grain Merchant
William Law
Gateman
Mary Wong
Little Bride
Philip Ahn
Captain (uncredited)
Victor Sen Yung
Peasant (uncredited)
Richard Loo
Farmer (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Banker (uncredited)
Crew
Sidney Franklin
Director
Talbot Jennings
Screenplay
Claudine West
Screenplay
Tess Slesinger
Screenplay
Pearl S. Buck
Novel
Slavko Vorkapich
Editor
Basil Wrangell
Editor
Karl Freund
Director of Photography
Albert Lewin
Associate Producer
Dolly Tree
Wardrobe Supervisor
A. Arnold Gillespie
Assistant Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Assistant Art Director
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
Irving Thalberg
In Memory Of
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Owen Davis
Theatre Play
Donald Davis
Theatre Play
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Harry Oliver
Art Direction
