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    The Green Pastures

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    1936     Drama    
    1h 33min
    CountryUSA

    'You gotta git your minds fixed,' the rural preacher tells Sunday School children. And the best way to do that fixin' is from Old Testament stories narrated by the preacher, played by a black cast, backed by the joyful gospel sounds of the Hall Johnson Choir and based on Marc Connelly's folk-themed Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Rex Ingram portrays De Lawd, who has a 100,000 things to do before any human's next breath - like instructing Noah (Eddie Anderson); taking counsel with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; or teaching Moses tricks to dazzle Pharaoh.

    Directed byMarc Connelly, William Keighley
    Written byRoark Bradford, Marc Connelly, Sheridan Gibney
    CompanyWarner Bros.Warner Bros.Warner Bros.

    Starring

    Rex Ingram
    Oscar Polk
    Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
    Frank H. Wilson
    George Reed
    Abraham Gleaves
    Myrtle Anderson
    Al Stokes
    Edna Mae Harris
    James Fuller
    George Randol
    Ida Forsyne
    Ray Martin
    Charles Andrews
    Dudley Dickerson
    Jimmy Burress
    Billy Cumby
    Ivory Williams
    David Bethea
    Ernest Whitman
    Reginald Fenderson
    Slim Thompson
    Clinton Rosemond
    Hall Johnson Choir

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