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2 October 1934 (USA)
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KING VIDOR'S EPIC of a MILLION HEARTS! (original poster) more
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A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread! full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(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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80 min | USA:90 min (premiere) | 74 min (TCM print)
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USA:Approved (PCA #59) |
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After the film's premiere at the "Century of Progress" exhibition in Chicago, Illinois, the film was cut by more than 10 minutes for its national release. Many of the cast from the original showing are missing in the prints available today.
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Featured in "The Great Depression" (1993)
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Oh! Susanna
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The film, though socialistic in many ways, represents the drive to get back to nature as stressed by FDR. It represents the optimism believed by people that the current system had gotten too complex and that people were mere cogs. By creating a co-op, the characters essentially created a system focused on barter. This form of commerce could not become corrupted to an extent as a monetary based market did. Had the film been a propaganda film biased towards a socialist state, the emphasis of the importance of money would not have been as pivotal as it became partway through the movie. This film served not as propaganda, but as a solution to a common shared problem of a bleak time in American history. Because of this, this movie should not be viewed with the same biases of the 21st century.