The Cabin in the Cotton
They said this book was "throbbing, vital, absorbing." (N.Y. American) You'll say the same thing about the picture!
1932 | 78m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
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| Writer: | Harry Harrison Kroll, Paul Green |
| Staring: |
| Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 26, 1932 |
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| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
| Writer: | Harry Harrison Kroll, Paul Green |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | southern usa, based on novel or book, education, son, daughter, tenant, poverty, black and white, confrontation, pre-code, social justice, lynch mob, landlord tenant relationship, rich girl, cotton, cotton picker, bookkeeper |
| Production Companies | First National Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harry Harrison Kroll | Novel |
| George Amy | Editor |
| Esdras Hartley | Art Direction |
| Barney McGill | Director of Photography |
| Al Alleborn | Assistant Director |
| Earl Sitar | Sound |
| William Forsyth | Casting Assistant |
| Paul Green | Screenplay |
| Michael Curtiz | Director |
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| William Keighley | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
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