Summaries

A tenant farmer's son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner's seductive daughter.

Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance. While working in the general store he learns that the owner has been cheating his tenants. He is in love with owner's daughter, Madge, but sides with the tenants in his threat to expose the planters and their cheating.—Ed Stephan <[email protected]>

Marvin Blake wants to rise from the hard life of tenant cotton farmers with education, but plantation owner Norwood resists the idea until his daughter Madge intercedes. Marvin gets his education and becomes clerk in the company store, where he's caught in the middle of escalating owner-tenant disputes, and between seductive Madge and sweet tenant girl Betty.—Rod Crawford <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • pre code film
  • romantic rivalry
  • culture clash
  • roll call opening credits
  • bookkeeper
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Oct 14, 1932
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Production companies First National Pictures

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 18m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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