The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)

6.3/10 78 min Drama

Overview

Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

Cast

Richard Barthelmess

Marvin Blake

Dorothy Jordan

Betty Wright

Bette Davis

Madge Norwood

Hardie Albright

Roland Neal

David Landau

Tom Blake

Berton Churchill

Lane Norwood

Dorothy Peterson

Lilly Blake

Russell Simpson

Uncle Joe

Tully Marshall

Slick

Henry B. Walthall

Eph Clinton

Edmund Breese

Holmes Scott

John Marston

Russell Carter

Erville Alderson

Sock Fisher

Clarence Muse

A Blind Negro

Frank Austin

Tenant Farmer (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Ross Clinton (uncredited)

Virginia Hammond

Miriam Norwood (uncredited)

Florine McKinney

Liza Blake (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)

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