Our Daily Bread is a 1934 American film directed by King Vidor and starring Karen Morley, Tom Keene, and John Qualen. The movie is a sequel to Vidor's silent classic The Crowd (1928), using the same characters although with different actors. Vidor tried to interest Irving Thalberg of MGM in the project; but Thalberg, who had greenlighted the earlier film, rejected the idea. Vidor then produced the film himself and released it through United Artists.
The film is also known as Hell's Crossroads, an American reissue title.
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Video Our Daily Bread (1934 film)
Plot
A couple, down on their luck during the Great Depression, move to a farm to try to make a go of living off the land. They have no idea what to do at first, but soon find other downtrodden people to help them. Soon they have a collective of people, some from the big city, who work together on a farm. There is a severe drought, killing the crops. The people then dig a ditch by hand almost two miles long to divert water from a creek to irrigate the crops.
Maps Our Daily Bread (1934 film)
Cast
- Karen Morley as Mary Sims
- Tom Keene as John Sims
- Barbara Pepper as Sally
- Addison Richards as Louie Fuente
- John Qualen as Chris Larsen
- Lloyd Ingraham as Uncle Anthony
- Sidney Bracey as Rent Collector
- Henry Hall as Frank
- Nellie V. Nichols as Mrs. Cohen
- Frank Minor as Plumber
- Bud Rae as Stonemason
- Harry Brown as Little Man
Reception
The film was a box office disappointment.
Soundtrack
- Sidney Bracey - "Just Because You're You"
- The farmers - "You're in the Army Now"
- Musicians at the farm - "Camptown Races" (music by Stephen Foster)
- Tom Keene - "Oh! Susanna" with modified lyrics (music and lyrics by Stephen Foster)
References
External links
- Our Daily Bread at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Our Daily Bread is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Our Daily Bread on IMDb
- Our Daily Bread at AllMovie
- Our Daily Bread at the TCM Movie Database
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