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Our Daily Bread is a 1934 American film directed by King Vidor and starring Karen Morley, Tom Keene, and John Qualen. The movie is a sequel to Vidor's silent classic The Crowd (1928), using the same characters although with different actors. Vidor tried to interest Irving Thalberg of MGM in the project, but Thalberg, who had greenlighted the earlier film, rejected the idea. Vidor then produced the film himself and released it through United Artists. The film is also known as Hell's Crossroads, an American reissue title. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Original Release
10/02/1934
US Release
10/02/1934
Cast
Name | Character |
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Karen Morley | Mary Sims |
Tom Keene | John Sims |
Barbara Pepper | Sally |
Addison Richards | Louie |
John Qualen | Chris (as John T. Qualen) / Chris |
Lloyd Ingraham | Uncle Anthony |
Sidney Bracey | Rent Collector |
Henry Hall | Frank - the Carpenter / Frank |
Nellie V. Nichols | Mrs. Cohen / Mrs. Cohen (as Nellie Nichols) |
Frank Minor | Plumber |
Directors
Writers
King Vidor, Elizabeth Hill, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast
Name | Character |
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Karen Morley | Mary Sims |
Tom Keene | John Sims |
Barbara Pepper | Sally |
Addison Richards | Louie |
John Qualen | Chris (as John T. Qualen) / Chris |
Lloyd Ingraham | Uncle Anthony |
Sidney Bracey | Rent Collector |
Henry Hall | Frank - the Carpenter / Frank |
Nellie V. Nichols | Mrs. Cohen / Mrs. Cohen (as Nellie Nichols) |
Frank Minor | Plumber |
Bud Rae | Stonemason |
Harry Brown | Little Man |
C.E. Anderson | Schultz |
Earl Askam | Farmer |
Lionel Backus | Barber |
Eddie Baker | Deputy Sheriff |
Jack Baldwin | Motorcyclist |
Marion Ballou | Old Lady |
Harry Bernard | Chief |
Harold Berquist | Father |
Producers
Name | Role |
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King Vidor | Producer |