Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
Cast
Richard Barthelmess
Marvin Blake
Dorothy Jordan
Betty Wright
Bette Davis
Madge Norwood
Hardie Albright
Roland Neal
David Landau
Tom Blake
Berton Churchill
Lane Norwood
Dorothy Peterson
Lilly Blake
Russell Simpson
Uncle Joe
Tully Marshall
Slick
Henry B. Walthall
Eph Clinton
Edmund Breese
Holmes Scott
John Marston
Russell Carter
Erville Alderson
Sock Fisher
William Le Maire
Jake Fisher
Clarence Muse
A Blind Negro
Frank Austin
Tenant Farmer (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Virginia Hammond
Miriam Norwood (uncredited)
Florine McKinney
Liza Blake (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Ezzy Daniels (uncredited)
Libby Taylor
Norwood's Maid (uncredited)
Crew
Michael Curtiz
Director
Paul Green
Screenplay
Harry Harrison Kroll
Novel
George Amy
Editor
Barney McGill
Director of Photography
William Keighley
Assistant Director
Al Alleborn
Assistant Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
William Forsyth
Casting Assistant
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Earl Sitar
Sound
Esdras Hartley
Art Direction
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