Our Daily Bread

Alternative title

Miracle of Life, The 1

Synopsis

Tells the story of a young couple in financial trouble who decide to take over an abandoned farm owned by the husband’s uncle. With the help of a local Swedish farmer they make it productive, and gradually a co-operative community establishes itself, in which support is mutual and money is not needed. The videocassette also contains a brief introduction made by King Vidor in 1983, and two newsreels made in 1934 in response to the use of OUR DAILY BREAD by the Democratic Party in the California elections. They purport to be objective, but were in fact produced by Irving Thalberg in order to sway the vote towards the Republican candidate.

Series

New Deal Collection, Series

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 109 min.

Year of production

1934

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Subjects

Media studies; Politics & government

Keywords

depression - economic; rural communities; United States of America

Credits

Director

King Vidor

Writer

Elizabeth Hill

Cast

John Qualen
Karen Morley
Tom Keene

Production Company

Name

Viking Productions

Distributor

Name

BFI Video

Email

video.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7957 8957

Fax

020 7957 8968

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
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