Our Daily Bread

"We live! We love! We fight! We hate! What don't we do for - OUR DAILY BREAD"

1934 1h 20m EN

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6.7

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79%

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★6.7TMDB · 50🍅79%Rotten Tomatoes★7IMDB · 2,233

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Synopsis

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John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.

“We live! We love! We fight! We hate! What don't we do for - OUR DAILY BREAD”

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Cast

Karen Morley
Mary Sims
Tom Keene
John Sims
Barbara Pepper
Sally
Addison Richards
Louie
John Qualen
Chris (as John T. Qualen)
Lloyd Ingraham
Uncle Anthony
Sidney Bracey
Rent Collector
Henry Hall
Frank - the Carpenter

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: King Vidor
Writers: King Vidor, Elizabeth Hill, King Vidor
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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92 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by King Vidor, shot by Robert H. Planck. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alfred Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Lloyd Nosler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Karen Morley and Tom Keene and Barbara Pepper carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "We live! We love! We fight! We hate! What don't we do for - OUR DAILY BREAD".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0025610 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

King Vidor directs. Robert H. Planck behind the camera. Alfred Newman scores. Lloyd Nosler cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
292 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by King Vidor, shot by Robert H. Planck. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Alfred Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Lloyd Nosler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Karen Morley and Tom Keene and Barbara Pepper carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "We live! We love! We fight! We hate! What don't we do for - OUR DAILY BREAD".
8IMDB entry: tt0025610 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 50 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert H. Planck
Original score: Alfred Newman
Editing: Lloyd Nosler
Runtime: 80 min · 1h 20m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Our Daily Bread (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes: 79% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7/10 · 2,233 votes
MPAA: Approved

Awards

1 win

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Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-06-13
★ 7/10
Despite having a pretty lacklustre cast, this is still quite a watchable story of grit and determination set during the American depression. John Qualen ("Chris") - more frequently seen in the more eccentric supporting roles of John Wayne movies - stops by the farm of Tom Keene ("Tom") and "Mary" (Karen Mosley) who have fled the city in the hope of making a new life for themselves on an old farm owned by her uncle. He is invited to stay to help them, and they gradually they realise that by helping each other they can accomplish more, and more efficiently too, so establish a co-operative of locals and out-of-work visitors. The precision involved in their marvellous ditch digging scene proves that point effectively as they must quickly divert a nearby stream (that assumes rather Ganges-like proportions by the time they have finished) to save their drought affected corn is entertaining to watch, and the story reinforces the pioneering determination to try to make a go of things, despite the odds. Sadly, the on-screen talent - aside from Qualen - is pretty mediocre and the production is pretty basic - both of which do hold it back. As a comment on the social and community impact of the downturn in the late 1920s and 1930s - it has still some poignancy, though.

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