The Good Earth (film) the Best Actress award (Luise Rainer), the film won for Best Cinematography. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The Good Earth (film) 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 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 film was directed by Sidney Franklin, with uncredited contributions by Victor Fleming and Gustav Machaty. The
Classic Chinese Novels these forms would not have the same level of prestige as poets or scholars of Chinese classics would have had. All four of the novels were written in a style that is a mixture of classical and vernacular Chinese, with some that are more completely vernacular than the others. For instance, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is known for its mix of classical prose with folklore and popular narratives, while the "Dream of the Red Chamber" is known for the use of poetry within its mostly vernacular style. These four novels are thought to have popularized, and more importantly "legitimatized"