The Good Earth
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Paul Muni…1937 adaptation of Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth, Muni starred in The Life of Emile Zola (1937). The acclaimed drama about the French novelist received an Oscar for best picture, and Muni earned a nod for best actor. He then was cast as the Mexican national hero Benito Juárez in…
Read More…1937 adaptation of Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth, Muni starred in The Life of Emile Zola (1937). The acclaimed drama about the French novelist received an Oscar for best picture, and Muni earned a nod for best actor. He then was cast as the Mexican national hero Benito Juárez in…
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…a long-suffering Chinese peasant, in The Good Earth, an adaptation of Pearl S. Buck’s novel. Her moving performance in a role that was nearly the polar opposite of her previous one won her a second consecutive best-actress Oscar. Her subsequent films—the thriller The Emperor’s Candlesticks (1937), the dramas Big City…
Read More…a long-suffering Chinese peasant, in The Good Earth, an adaptation of Pearl S. Buck’s novel. Her moving performance in a role that was nearly the polar opposite of her previous one won her a second consecutive best-actress Oscar. Her subsequent films—the thriller The Emperor’s Candlesticks (1937), the dramas Big City…
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