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Our Daily Bread (1934)
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
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John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Elizabeth Hill, King Vidor
In Theaters:10/2/1934
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Runtime:80 minutes
Studio:Viking Productions, United Artists
Cast
King Vidor
Director
Karen Morley
Mary Sims
Tom Keene
John Sims
Barbara Pepper
Sally
Addison Richards
Louie
John Qualen
Chris (as John T. Qualen)
Lloyd Ingraham
Uncle Anthony
Sidney Bracey
Rent Collector
Henry Hall
Frank - the Carpenter
Nellie V. Nichols
Mrs. Cohen (as Nellie Nichols)
Frank Minor
Plumber
Bud Rae
Stonemason
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