The Cabin in the Cotton

They said this book was "throbbing, vital, absorbing." (N.Y. American) You'll say the same thing about the picture!

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

Drama

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)

William Le Maire

(Jake 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))

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

(Ezzy Daniels (uncredited))