The Cabin in the Cotton
Drama
They said this book was "throbbing, vital, absorbing." (N.Y. American) You'll say the same thing about the picture!
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
1932-09-26
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Cast
Director
Michael Curtiz
Richard Barthelmess as Marvin Blake
Dorothy Jordan as Betty Wright
Bette Davis as Madge Norwood
Hardie Albright as Roland Neal
David Landau as Tom Blake
Berton Churchill as Lane Norwood
Dorothy Peterson as Lilly Blake
Russell Simpson as Uncle Joe
Tully Marshall as Slick
Henry B. Walthall as Eph Clinton
Edmund Breese as Holmes Scott
John Marston as Russell Carter
Erville Alderson as Sock Fisher
Clarence Muse as A Blind Negro
Frank Austin as Tenant Farmer (uncredited)
Harry Cording as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Virginia Hammond as Miriam Norwood (uncredited)
Florine McKinney as Liza Blake (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe as Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Ezzy Daniels (uncredited)
Libby Taylor as Norwood's Maid (uncredited)