Title: The Cabin In The Cotton

Date: 1932
Type: Drama / Social comment / Romance
Rating: 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer:

Comment
A young man (Richard Barthelmass) whose family works on the southern cotton plantations is torn between fighting for his family, their fellow workers and his childhood sweetheart (Dorothy Jordan) and the land owner (Berton CHurchill) who put him through school and then employs him as a book keeper and his daughter (Bette Davis) who has designs on him. The film highlights the social and economic inequalities of the time. Richard Barthelmass was better known for his silent roles but here gives a good performance as the idealistic young man. There is also a good early performance from Bette Davis as the rich socialite whose seduces the young man.
Actors
Richard Barthelmass
Dorothy Jordan
Bette Davis
Hardie Albright
David Landau
Berton Churchill
Dorothy Peterson
Tully Marshall
Henry B Walthall
Oscars
None