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

Richard Barthelmess
Marvin Blake

Dorothy Jordan
Betty Wright

Bette Davis
Madge Norwood

Hardie Albright
Roland Neal

David Landau
Tom Blake

Berton Churchill
Lane Norwood

Dorothy Peterson
Lilly Blake

Russell Simpson
Uncle Joe

Tully Marshall
Slick

Henry B. Walthall
Eph Clinton

Edmund Breese
Holmes Scott

John Marston
Russell Carter

Erville Alderson
Sock Fisher
William Le Maire
Jake Fisher

Clarence Muse
A Blind Negro

Frank Austin
Tenant Farmer (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Ross Clinton (uncredited)

Virginia Hammond
Miriam Norwood (uncredited)

Florine McKinney
Liza Blake (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe
Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Ezzy Daniels (uncredited)

Libby Taylor
Norwood's Maid (uncredited)
Crew

Michael Curtiz
Director
Paul Green
Screenplay
Harry Harrison Kroll
Novel
George Amy
Editor
Barney McGill
Director of Photography

William Keighley
Assistant Director
Al Alleborn
Assistant Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
William Forsyth
Casting Assistant

Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Earl Sitar
Sound
Esdras Hartley
Art Direction
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