Esclavos de la tierra (1932)
Primera de las muchas colaboraciones entre el director Michael Curtiz y la actriz Bette Davis, dos de los máximos exponentes de la Warner Bros. En esta ocasión las críticas no fueron excesivamente buenas ante la propuesta de drama social, si bien la actriz -todavía en los albores de su impresionante carrera- salió bien parada de todas ellas. La novela de Harry Harrison Kroll en que se basa, narra la historia de un honrado agricultor llamado Marvin (Richard Barthelmess) contratado en una plantación. Al ascender al puesto de contable descubre que su jefe ha estado robando dinero. Es entonces cuando este hombre inicia una lucha de clases liderando al pueblo oprimido contra el poder establecido. También Marvin tiene tiempo para un romance con la hija del jefe y con una amiga de la infancia.
Directora:
Michael Curtiz
Escritor:
Paul Green
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Richard Barthelmess as Marvin Blake |
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Dorothy Jordan as Betty Wright |
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Bette Davis as Madge Norwood |
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Hardie Albright as Roland Neal |
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David Landau as Tom Blake |
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Berton Churchill as Lane Norwood |
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Dorothy Peterson as Lilly Blake |
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Russell Simpson as Uncle Joe |
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Tully Marshall as Slick |
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Henry B. Walthall as Eph Clinton |
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Edmund Breese as Holmes Scott |
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John Marston as Russell Carter |
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Erville Alderson as Sock Fisher |
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William Le Maire as Jake Fisher |
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Clarence Muse as A Blind Negro |
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Frank Austin as Tenant Farmer (uncredited) |
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Harry Cording as Ross Clinton (uncredited) |
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Virginia Hammond as Miriam Norwood (uncredited) |
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Florine McKinney as Liza Blake (uncredited) |
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Dennis O'Keefe as Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited) |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Ezzy Daniels (uncredited) |
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Libby Taylor as Norwood's Maid (uncredited) |
| Directing | Michael Curtiz | Director |
| Writing | Paul Green | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harry Harrison Kroll | Novel |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Editing | George Amy | Editor |
| Art | Esdras Hartley | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Camera | Barney McGill | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Al Alleborn | Assistant Director |
| Directing | William Keighley | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Earl Sitar | Sound |
| Production | William Forsyth | Casting Assistant |
