“They said this book was "throbbing, vital, absorbing." (N.Y. American) You'll say the same thing about the picture!”
The Cabin in the Cotton
6.3
21 votes·1932
·1h 18m
·MovieDrama
Overview
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
Keywords
daughterbased on novel or booksouthern usasoneducationtenantpovertyblack and whiteconfrontationpre-codesocial justicelynch mob
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
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