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The Green Pastures
1h 33min
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God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
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Original Title
The Green Pastures
Release Year
1936
Runtime (Duration)
1h 33min
Casting
Actors

Oscar Polk
Gabriel

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Noah

Rex Ingram
De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel

Frank H. Wilson
Moses

George H. Reed
Mr. Deshee / Aaron
Abraham Gleaves
Archangel
Myrtle Anderson
Eve
Al Stokes
Cain
Edna Mae Harris
Zeba
James Fuller
Cain the Sixth
George Randol
High Priest
Ida Forsyne
Noah's Wife
Anna Mae Fritz
Stout Angel / Young Gambler / Second Cleaner (uncredited)

Etta Moten
Angel (uncredited)
Bill Cumby
Abraham / Head Magician / King of Babylon

Clarence Muse
Angel (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Zubo (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman
Pharaoh

Willie Best
Henry - the Angel (uncredited)

Dudley Dickerson
Ham

Etta McDaniel
Heckler at the Ark (uncredited)

Mantan Moreland
Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
Member of Hall Johnson Choir (uncredited)

Theresa Harris
Angel (uncredited)

Jesse Graves
General (uncredited)
Crew

Marc Connelly
DIRECTOR

William Keighley
DIRECTOR
Sheridan Gibney
WRITER

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Jack L. Warner
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Hal B. Wallis
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Hal Mohr
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Stanley Fleischer
ART DIRECTION
Allen Saalburg
ART DIRECTION
Milo Anderson
COSTUME DESIGN
Sherry Shourds
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Charles David Forrest
SOUND
Nathan Levinson
SOUND
Henry Blanke
SUPERVISING PRODUCER

Marc Connelly
STORY