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 based upon the teachings of Edward Gallafent. 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. (imdb)
Country: USA
Directed By: King Vidor
Written By: King Vidor, Elizabeth Hill
Starring: Barbara Pepper, Tom Keene, John Qualen, Karen Morley, Addison Richards, Lloyd Ingraham
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Our Daily Bread belongs to 13 collections
1. Features under 91 minutes (public: moderated by epiphany - 51 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 38 stars)
3. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 36 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 32 stars)
5. National Film Registry (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
7. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 18 stars)
8. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2011 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 14 stars)
9. The Obscure, the Forgotten, and the Unloved (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 13 stars)
10. David Thomson's 1000 Films (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 6 stars)
11. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 4 stars)
12. Films referenced in Histoire(s) du cinéma (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 4 stars)
13. Sight and Sound 2002 (Single Vote) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 1 star)
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