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2 October 1934 (USA) moreTagline:
KING VIDOR'S EPIC of a MILLION HEARTS! (original poster) morePlot:
A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread! full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Down on the Farm moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Karen Morley | ... | Mary Sims | |
| Tom Keene | ... | John Sims | |
| Barbara Pepper | ... | Sally | |
| Addison Richards | ... | Louie Fuente | |
| John Qualen | ... | Chris Larsen | |
| Lloyd Ingraham | ... | Uncle Anthony | |
| Sidney Bracey | ... | Rent Collector | |
| Henry Hall | ... | Frank - the Carpenter | |
| Nellie V. Nichols | ... | Mrs. Cohen | |
| Frank Minor | ... | Plumber | |
| Bud Ray | ... | Stonemason (as Bud Rae) | |
| Harry Brown | ... | Little Man |
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Hell's Crossroads (USA) (reissue title)The Miracle of Life (USA) (working title)
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80 min | USA:90 min (premiere) | 74 min (TCM print)Country:
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1.37 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940 credits C.E. Anderson in the role of "blacksmith"; actually he plays the butcher who trades John a scrawny chicken for his ukulele. moreQuotes:
John Sims: Don't worry Mary. I know things are hard now but we'll make it in the end.Mary Sims: But how, John? Who's going to save us?
John Sims: Not who, Mary, what. The bread will save us, the bread.
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King Vidor's "The Crowd" (1928) ended hopefully: James Murray and Eleanor Boardman (then playing John and Mary Sims) conquered the industrialized, impersonal City, with a new job and child replacing previous losses. But, the Sims' luck is, according to this film, cut short by the Great Depression. Tom Keene and Karen Morley (now playing John and Mary Sims) are sans job and money. With nothing to lose, the couple moves out to farm some country land owned by Ms. Morley's uncle. Mr. Keene organizes the locals into a communal society; but, nature and a woman threaten the Sims' success.
Although the lead characters resemble their namesakes from director Vidor's "The Crowd"; their tale, proclaimed as "Inspired by Headlines of Today", is derived from a "Reader's Digest" story. The characters do not share factual similarities with the original John and Mary Sims; for example, no reference is made to their children.
Vidor directed, and Keene acted, the "John" role inappropriately. Several of the supporting players are also unsuitable. Morley's Garbo-like "Mary" is a bright spot among the performances, though. Barbara Pepper answers "Garbo" with a Harlow-like "Sally". It's the closest you'll get to having Greta Garbo and Jean Harlow in the same film. However, the attempted "city girl" temptation of Keene, by Ms. Pepper, is not convincing. Interestingly, Pepper returned to country life in the 1960s, as the wife of "Fred Ziffel", on TV's "Green Acres".
The irrigating ending is unexpectedly exhilarating.
******* Our Daily Bread (1934) King Vidor ~ Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper