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God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
Keywords
bible
all black cast
old testament
depiction of god
Casts
Oscar Polk
Gabriel
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Noah
Rex Ingram
De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
Frank H. Wilson
Moses
George H. Reed
Mr. Deshee / Aaron
Abraham Gleaves
Archangel
Myrtle Anderson
Eve
Al Stokes
Cain
Edna Mae Harris
Zeba
James Fuller
Cain the Sixth
George Randol
High Priest
Ida Forsyne
Noah's Wife
Anna Mae Fritz
Stout Angel / Young Gambler / Second Cleaner (uncredited)
Etta Moten
Angel (uncredited)
Bill Cumby
Abraham / Head Magician / King of Babylon
Clarence Muse
Angel (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Zubo (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
Pharaoh
Willie Best
Henry - the Angel (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson
Ham
Etta McDaniel
Heckler at the Ark (uncredited)
Mantan Moreland
Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
Member of Hall Johnson Choir (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Angel (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
General (uncredited)
Crews
Marc Connelly
Director
William Keighley
Director
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Original Music Composer
Hal Mohr
Director of Photography
Stanley Fleischer
Art Direction
Allen Saalburg
Art Direction
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Sherry Shourds
Assistant Director
Charles David Forrest
Sound
Nathan Levinson
Sound
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Henry Blanke
Supervising Producer
Sheridan Gibney
Writer
Marc Connelly
Story
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