Cabin in the Cotton 1932 N/R, 76 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Jordan, Bette Davis, Henry B. Walthall, Berton Churchill, Hardie Albright, Tully Marshall, Clarence Muse, Dorothy Peterson, Edmund Breese, David Landau, Russell Simpson
A rich landowner, Marvin Blake (Richard Barthelmess), befriends one of his sharecroppers and teaches her to read. Then he learns of evil deeds performed by BOTH sharecroppers and land owners and is forced to reckon with problems inherent in his economic class-system.
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| Oscar: Best Director for Casablanca (1943) |
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| Oscars: Best Actress for Dangerous (1935), Best Actress for Jezebel (1938) |
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