The Green Pastures (1936)
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
- Released
- 1936-08-01
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- William Keighley, Marc Connelly
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 16 votes
Cast
- Oscar Polk as Gabriel
- Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Noah
- Rex Ingram as De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
- Frank H. Wilson as Moses
- George H. Reed as Mr. Deshee / Aaron
- Abraham Gleaves as Archangel
- Myrtle Anderson as Eve
- Al Stokes as Cain
- Edna Mae Harris as Zeba
- James Fuller as Cain the Sixth
- George Randol as High Priest
- Ida Forsyne as Noah's Wife