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The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)A tenant farmer's son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner's seductive daughter. Director:Michael Curtiz |
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Marvin Blake
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| Dorothy Jordan | ... |
Betty Wright
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| Bette Davis | ... |
Madge
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| Hardie Albright | ... |
Roland Neal
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David Landau | ... |
Tom Blake
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Berton Churchill | ... |
Norwood
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Dorothy Peterson | ... |
Lilly Blake
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Russell Simpson | ... |
Uncle Joe
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Tully Marshall | ... |
Slick
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Henry B. Walthall | ... |
Eph Clinton
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Edmund Breese | ... |
Holmes Scott
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John Marston | ... |
Russell Carter
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Erville Alderson | ... |
Sock Fisher
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William Le Maire | ... |
Jake Fisher
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| Clarence Muse | ... |
A Blind Negro
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Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance. While working in the general store he learns that the owner has been cheating his tenants. He is in love with owner's daughter, Madge, but sides with the tenants in his threat to expose the planters and their cheating. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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EVERY 2 YEARS BARTHELMESS MAKES HISTORY! 1920--"BROKEN BLOSSOMS" 1922--"TOL'ABLE DAVID" 1924--"BRIGHT SHAWL" 1926--"PATENT LEATHER KID" 1928--"WEARY RIVER" 1930--"DAWN PATROL" 1932--"CABIN IN THE COTTON" (original print ad - all caps) See more »Genres:
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EnglishRelease Date:
15 October 1932 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Hütte im Baumwollfeld See more »Company Credits
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(ca 1850) (uncredited)
Music by Sanford Faulkner
Played when Marvin and Betty are dancing at her party
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Bette Davis said in an interview with Barbara Walters that "I'd like to kiss you but I just washed my hair" was her all-time favorite movie line. See more »Crazy Credits
Foreword In many parts of the South today, there exists an endless dispute between the rich land-owners, known as planters and the poor cotton pickers, known as tenants or 'peckerwoods'. The planters supply the tennants with the simple requirements of every day life and in return the tennants work the land year in and year out. A hundred volumes could be written on the rights and wrongs of both parties, but it is not the object of the producers of 'The Cabin in the Cotton' to take sides. We are only concerned with an effort to picturize these conditions. See more »Soundtracks
"Arkansas Traveler"(ca 1850) (uncredited)
Music by Sanford Faulkner
Played when Marvin and Betty are dancing at her party
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With all the emphasis on Bette Davis in this film, it is easy to overlook the musical interest. I counted four different musical groups, each assigned to a different "class". There was the marching band at the funeral (black used at a poor white event), the jug band (white, at the poor white party), the jazz band (black, at the rich white party), and the blues singer. This is a surprisingly rich array of styles.
Interestingly, only the blues singer (Clarence Muse) is credited.