Our Daily Bread (1934)
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- Passed
- 1h 20min
- Drama, Romance
- 02 Oct 1934 (USA)
- Movie
- 1 win.
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Cast verified as complete
Karen Morley | ... |
Mary Sims
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Tom Keene | ... |
John Sims
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Barbara Pepper | ... |
Sally
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Addison Richards | ... |
Louie
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John Qualen | ... |
Chris
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Lloyd Ingraham | ... |
Uncle Anthony
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Sidney Bracey | ... |
Rent Collector
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Henry Hall | ... |
Frank
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Nellie V. Nichols | ... |
Mrs. Cohen
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Frank Minor | ... |
Plumber
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Bud Rae | ... |
Stonemason
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Harry Brown | ... |
Little Man
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C.E. Anderson | ... |
Schultz (uncredited)
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Earl Askam | ... |
Farmer (uncredited)
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Lionel Backus | ... |
Barber (uncredited)
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Eddie Baker | ... |
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
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Jack Baldwin | ... |
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
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Marion Ballou | ... |
Old Lady (uncredited)
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Harry Bernard | ... |
Chief (uncredited)
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Harold Berquist | ... |
Father (uncredited)
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Bonita | ... |
Mother (uncredited)
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Harry C. Bradley | ... |
Professor (uncredited)
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Lynton Brent | ... |
Bully (uncredited)
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Tommy Bupp | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Henry Burroughs | ... |
Politician (uncredited)
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Cy Clegg | ... |
Lawyer (uncredited)
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Billy Engle | ... |
Abie Cohen (uncredited)
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Florence Enright | ... |
Gossiping Woman #2 (uncredited)
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Alma Ferns | ... |
Hilda Larsen (uncredited)
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Clarence Geldert | ... |
Community Member (uncredited)
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Harris Gordon | ... |
Cigar Salesman (uncredited)
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Mary Gordon | ... |
Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
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Harrison Greene | ... |
Sheriff (uncredited)
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Frank Hammond | ... |
Undertaker (uncredited)
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Jack Hyam | ... |
Violinist (uncredited)
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Doris Kemper | ... |
Gossiping Woman #1 (uncredited)
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Billy Kidston | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Maybelle Lee | ... |
Little Girl (uncredited)
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Sidney Miller | ... |
Cohen's Son (uncredited)
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Gene O'Brien | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Edward Peil Sr. | ... |
Powerhouse Employee (uncredited)
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Hal Price | ... |
Threatened Bidder at Auction (uncredited)
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Bob Reeves | ... |
George Hannibal (uncredited)
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Alexander Schoenberg | ... |
Violin Player (uncredited)
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Alex Schumberg | ... |
Violinist (uncredited)
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Harry Semels | ... |
Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)
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Ray Spiker | ... |
Ex-Convict (uncredited)
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Billy Tucker | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Robert Tucker | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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King Vidor | ... |
Farmer Yelling 'Let It Go!' (uncredited)
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Directed by
King Vidor | ... | (direction) |
Written by
King Vidor | ... | (the story) |
Elizabeth Hill | ... | (the scenario) |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz | ... | (the dialogue) (as Joseph Mankiewicz) |
Produced by
King Vidor | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Alfred Newman | ... | (music) |
Cinematography by
Robert H. Planck | ... | (photography) (as Robert Planck) |
Editing by
Lloyd Nosler | ... | (editing) |
Casting By
Ray Hanson | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
Vernon Keays | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ralph Slosser | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Vinton Vernon | ... | recording |
Russell Hanson | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Madison S. Lacy | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Reggie Lanning | ... | second camera operator (uncredited) |
Music Department
Edward B. Powell | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Lloyd Brierley | ... | technical director (uncredited) |
Mortimer Offner | ... | dialogue director (uncredited) |
Otho Wilhite | ... | advisor: agriculture (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- United Artists (1934) (United States) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1934) (Canada) (theatrical) (as United Artists Corporation, Ltd.)
- United Artists (1934) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as United Artists Corporation, Ltd.)
- United Artists (Australasia) (1934) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Artistas Unidos (1935) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Los Artistas Unidos de América del Sur (1935) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1935) (Sweden) (theatrical) (as United Artists A/B)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1935) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Adams Filmi (1935) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Astor Pictures Corporation (1940) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release) (re-titled)
- Astor Pictures Corporation (1940) (United States) (tv)
- Astor Pictures Corporation (1951) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Embassy Home Entertainment (1984) (United States) (VHS)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1991) (Finland) (tv)
- Kino Video (1994) (United States) (VHS)
- Critics' Choice Video (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Reel Media International (2004) (World-wide) (VHS) (unauthorized)
- Reel Media International (2007) (World-wide) (video) (unauthorized)
- Film Detective (2009) (United States) (DVD)
- Synergy Archives (2010) (United States) (DVD) (restored)
- Tribanda Pictures (2010) (Spain) (DVD)
- Film Detective (2015) (United States) (DVD)
- Media Target Distribution (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- Penteo Films S.L. (2019) (World-wide) (restored)
- Ammo Content (2021) (Spain) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Western Electric (sound recording)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
John Sims is a man with big ideas but little follow through. Unemployed, unable to find a job, and having no money with the economy being as depressed as it is, he and his loving wife Mary Sims are a few days away from being evicted and thus homeless. Not wanting a handout per se, Mary is hoping that her visiting Uncle Anthony will at least be able to offer John a job. What he offers them instead is an unused farm property - one hundred sixty acres - for which he has no use, and which the bank holding the mortgage doesn't want in the value being virtually worthless, it at least giving them a place to live and work until they decide their next step. It isn't until they arrive that they truly discover how little they know about farming, especially as a transient Swede named Chris, passing by much like them looking for work, and his wife Hilda show them more about farming and rural life in one day than they could have imagined. It is then that John comes up with his next big idea: to amass others looking for work to form a cooperative on the farm. Each person, providing what they have available, would barter among themselves their services and belongings with the others who need such, they all living on the property in small houses they build themselves, they all sharing equally what they have, and they selling whatever surplus they may have, especially in what they raise, for other things they may need to purchase. In finding such like minded people solely by posting a sign along the road, John is able to form that cooperative, the people, in turn, voting, that their governance structure will be John, the one who brought them all together, as "boss", with others assigned needed administrative roles. The question then becomes whether John can follow through especially when the situation throws them curve balls, such potential ones being people in their midst who are solely out for themselves, or the fickle nature of farming which is highly reliant upon Mother Nature's cooperation. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | WE LIVE! WE LOVE! WE FIGHT! WE HATE! (original poster - all caps) See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Budget | $125,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | In the early 1950s, Orson Welles chose this film as one of his 10 favorite movies of all time. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Une histoire seule (1989). See more » |
Soundtracks | Just Because You're You See more » |
Quotes |
John Sims:
Don't worry Mary. I know things are hard now but we'll make it in the end. Mary Sims: But how, John? Who's going to save us? John Sims: Not who, Mary, what. The bread will save us, the bread. See more » |