Specialty CollectionGenre: 1930s FEATURE FILMS
Description: GREAT DEPRESSION ERA IMAGES, OKIE CAMPS. SOCIAL DRAMA WITH KAREN MORLEY, TOM KEENE, JOHN T. QUALEN, BARABRA PEPPER, ADDISON RICHARDS. DIRECTED BY KING VIDOR. THIS IS A FILM ABOUT "MR & MRS ANYBODY" DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. PORTRAYS COUPLE AS THEY JOIN A GROUP OF SOCIAL MISFITS AND DEPRESSION CASUALTIES WHO POOL THEIR ENERGY AND RESOURCES IN A FARM. DOWN & OUT VICTIMS OF THE DEPRESSION INHERIT A RUN-DOWN FARM & INVITE OTHER HARD-WORKING, HOMELESS WORKERS TO JOIN THEM CREATING A FARM COMMUNE. WHILE EVERYONE IS WORKING HARD TO RENOVATE THE LAND, THE HUSBAND BECOMES RESTLESS & DEPRESSED. WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A CITY GIRL, HE DESERTS HIS WIFE & FRIENDS AND RUNS AWAY WITH HER. BUT AS THE LEAVES THE COMMUNE HE DISCOVERS A STREAM OF WATER.
