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The Good Earth is a historical fiction novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in an early 20th-century Chinese village in Anhwei.It is the first book in her House of Earth trilogy, continued in Sons (1932) and A House Divided (1935).
Anna May Wong seated in her mother's lap, c. 1905 This is a duplicate copy of the Certificate of Identity issued to actress Anna May Wong. Anna May Wong was born Wong Liu Tsong (黃柳霜, Liu Tsong literally meaning "willow frost") on January 3, 1905, on Flower Street in Los Angeles, one block north of Chinatown, in an integrated community of Chinese, Irish, German and Japanese residents.
The Good Earth is a 1937 American drama film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive. It was adapted by Talbot Jennings , Tess Slesinger , and Claudine West from the 1932 play by Owen Davis and Donald Davis , which was in itself based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize -winning author Pearl S. Buck .
“The world seems full of good men--even if there are monsters in it.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula Libra: Isabel Archer ( The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, 1881)
O-Lan is a fictional character in Pearl S. Buck's 1931 novel The Good Earth. For her portrayal of the character in the 1937 film adaptation , Luise Rainer won the Academy Award for Best Actress . Character biography
Jane Wiedlin is an American musician, singer and actress, best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of the new wave band the Go-Go's.She voices Dusk, the drummer and backup vocalist of the fictional rock band the Hex Girls.
Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (/ s ɪ ˈ ɡ ɔːr n i / sig-OR-nee; born October 8, 1949) is an American actress.Prolific in film since the late 1970s, she is known for her pioneering portrayals of action heroines.
The Good Earth is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Pearl S. Buck. The Good Earth may also refer to: The Good Earth, the 1937 adaptation of the novel, starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer; The Good Earth (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album), 1974; The Good Earth (The Feelies album), 1986; Good Earth Tea, a tea company based in Santa Cruz, California