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The Good Earth
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Directed by
Sidney Franklin 
Victor Fleming (uncredited)
Gustav Machatý (uncredited)
Sam Wood (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
Talbot Jennings (screen play) &
Tess Slesinger (screen play) and
Claudine West (screen play)

Pearl S. Buck (based upon the novel by)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Paul Muni ... Wang

Luise Rainer ... O-Lan

Walter Connolly ... Uncle
Tilly Losch ... Lotus

Charley Grapewin ... Old Father
Jessie Ralph ... Cuckoo
Soo Yong ... Aunt

Keye Luke ... Elder Son
Roland Lui ... Younger Son
Suzanna Kim ... Little Fool
Ching Wah Lee ... Ching
Harold Huber ... Cousin
Olaf Hytten ... Liu - Grain Merchant
William Law ... Gateman
Mary Wong ... Little Bride
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philip Ahn ... Captain in Revolutionary Army (uncredited)
Philson Ahn ... Chinese Man (uncredited)
Caroline Chew ... Dance in Teahouse (uncredited)
Jack Don ... Chinese Peasant (uncredited)
Chester Gan ... Singer in Teahouse (uncredited)
Betty Soo Hoo ... Baby (uncredited)
James B. Leong ... Chinese Peasant (uncredited)
Lotus Liu ... Chinese Girl Singing and Playing Mandolin (uncredited)
Bessie Loo ... Chinese Woman (uncredited)
Richard Loo ... Chinese Farmer (uncredited)
Clarence Lung ... Bit Role (uncredited)

Charles Middleton ... Banker (uncredited)
Miki Morita ... Wang's House Guest (uncredited)
Layne Tom Jr. ... Chinese Boy (uncredited)
Kam Tong ... Chinese Peasant (uncredited)
Sammee Tong ... Chinese Man (uncredited)
Iris Wong ... Chinese Woman (uncredited)
Marcella Wong ... Baby (uncredited)
Shirley Wu ... Baby (uncredited)
Victor Sen Yung ... Chinese Peasant (uncredited)
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Produced by
Albert Lewin .... associate producer
Irving Thalberg .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Herbert Stothart 
 
Cinematography by
Karl Freund (photographed by)
 
Film Editing by
Basil Wrangell (film editor)
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
 
Costume Design by
Herbert Neuwirth (uncredited)
 
Makeup Department
Holly Bane .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Jack Dawn .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Max Factor .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Charles Gemora .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Cecil Holland .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Web Overlander .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Robert J. Schiffer .... makeup artist (uncredited)
William Tuttle .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Dave Friedman .... production manager (uncredited)
Frank Messenger .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hugh Boswell .... assistant director (uncredited)
Fred Niblo .... second unit director (uncredited)
Hezi Tate .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
A. Arnold Gillespie .... associate art director (as Arnold Gillespie)
Harry Oliver .... associate art director
Edwin B. Willis .... associate art director
Tom Gubbins .... props: China (uncredited)
F. Suie One .... props and Chinese artifacts (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording director
 
Special Effects by
James Basevi .... special effects: locust sequence (uncredited)
Dave Friedman .... special effects: locust sequence (uncredited)
James Curtis Havens .... special effects: locust sequence (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Jewel Jordan .... stunt double: Luise Rainer (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Charles G. Clarke .... photographer: China (uncredited)
Ben M. Cohen .... assistant camera (uncredited)
Russell A. Cully .... photographer: China (uncredited)
George W. Hill .... supervising photographer: China (uncredited)
Mason Hooper .... photographer: backgrounds and process shots (uncredited)
Walter Lundin .... camera operator: Cedar City (uncredited)
Gustav Machatý .... director of process photography (uncredited)
Ray Ramsey .... camera operator (uncredited)
H.C. Smith .... photographer: China (uncredited)
Harkness Smith .... assistant camera (uncredited)
Frank Tanner .... still photographer (uncredited)
'Newreel' Wong .... photographer: China (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Chester Gann .... casting: Chinese extras (uncredited)
William Grady .... casting: Chinese extras (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dolly Tree .... wardrobe
Tom Gubbins .... costumes: China (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff .... costume jeweller (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Slavko Vorkapich .... montage
Peter Ballbusch .... montage (uncredited)
Tom Held .... editing staff (uncredited)
Ben Lewis .... assistant editor (uncredited)
Charles T. Trego .... montage (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Wayne Allen .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Clifford Vaughan .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Edward Ward .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Donald Davis .... adapted for the stage by
Owen Davis .... adapted for the stage by
Victor Adams .... stand-in: Paul Muni (uncredited)
Marian Ainslee .... screenplay constructor (uncredited)
Pearl S. Buck .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Marc Connelly .... screenplay constructor (uncredited)
Howard Dietz .... press representative (uncredited)
Jules Furthman .... screenplay constructor (uncredited)
DuBose Heyward .... screenplay constructor (uncredited)
James Lee .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Clarence Locan .... publicist (uncredited)
Frances Marion .... screenplay constructor (uncredited)
John M. Nickolaus .... laboratory supervisor: sepia tinting (uncredited)
Bessie Ochs .... technical advisor: China (uncredited)
Yee On .... supervisor of landscapes (uncredited)
'Dutch' Pettit .... pigtail braider (uncredited)
Franz Schulz .... screenplay constructor (uncredited)
Frank Tong .... assistant: Harry Oliver (uncredited)
Y.S. Tsao .... technical advisor (uncredited)
General Ting-Hsiu Tu .... technical advisor (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Irving Thalberg .... we dedicate this picture to the memory of (as Irving Grant Thalberg)
 
Crew verified as complete

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