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The Green Pastures (1936)

A Miracle in Technicolor!

6.3(16)1h 33mAugust 1, 1936

William Keighley

Director

Marc Connelly, Sheridan Gibney

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.

Cast

Oscar Polk

Gabriel

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Noah

Rex Ingram

De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel

Frank H. Wilson

Moses

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George H. Reed

Mr. Deshee / Aaron

Edna Mae Harris

Zeba

George Randol

High Priest

Ida Forsyne

Noah's Wife

Anna Mae Fritz

Stout Angel / Young Gambler / Second Cleaner (uncredited)

Etta Moten

Angel (uncredited)

Clarence Muse

Angel (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Zubo (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman

Pharaoh

Willie Best

Henry - the Angel (uncredited)

Dudley Dickerson

Ham

Etta McDaniel

Heckler at the Ark (uncredited)

Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: August 1, 1936
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Country: United States of America

Keywords

bibleall black castold testamentdepiction of god

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