The Green Pastures
62.86 %|Aug 1, 1936|Drama, Fantasy
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
Featured Crew
William Keighley
Director
Marc Connelly
Director
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Stanley Fleischer
Art Direction
Hal Mohr
Director of Photography
Allen Saalburg
Art Direction
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Original Music Composer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
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Cast
Oscar Polk
Gabriel
Rex Ingram
De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
Frank H. Wilson
Moses
George H. Reed
Mr. Deshee / Aaron
Abraham Gleaves
Archangel
Al Stokes
Cain
Edna Mae Harris
Zeba
James Fuller
Cain the Sixth
George Randol
High Priest
Ida Forsyne
Noah's Wife
Anna Mae Fritz
Stout Angel / Young Gambler / Second Cleaner (uncredited)
Etta Moten
Angel (uncredited)
Bill Cumby
Abraham / Head Magician / King of Babylon
Clarence Muse
Angel (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Zubo (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
Pharaoh
Willie Best
Henry - the Angel (uncredited)
Etta McDaniel
Heckler at the Ark (uncredited)
Mantan Moreland
Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
Member of Hall Johnson Choir (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Angel (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
General (uncredited)