The Good Earth (1937) is a movie based on the 1931 book of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck about Chinese peasants who try to survive a locust invasion. All the characters were played by western actors. Luise Rainer won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film. Jump to: navigation, search 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... See also: 1930 in literature, other events of 1931, 1932 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Good Earth is a novel by Pearl S. Buck, first published in 1931 which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1932. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Pearl S. Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker; Chinese: 赛珍珠; pinyin: ) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was a prolific writer and Nobel Prize winner. ... Desert locust For other meanings of the word Locust, see Locust (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Luise Rainer (born January 12, 1910 in either Düsseldorf, Germany or Vienna, Austria) is a film actress. ... The Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

The film also starred Paul Muni. It was adapted by Felix E. Feist (uncredited), Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger and Claudine West from the play by Donald Davis and Owen Davis, which was in itself adapted from the novel. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming (uncredited) and Gustav Machaty´ (uncredited). Paul Muni photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Paul Muni (September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was a versatile actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood, nominated for five Academy Awards. ... Donald Davis holds the world record for running the fastest backward mile. ... Sidney Franklin, (born Sidney Frumkin, 1903-1976), was the first American to become a successful bullfighter. ... Victor Fleming (February 23, 1883 - January 6, 1949) (sometimes Vic Fleming) was an American film director. ...

Besides Rainer's Oscar, the film also won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. It was nominated for Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Picture. The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his work in one particular motion picture. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ...