Golden Harvest

Golden Harvest

72 mins | Drama | Sept. 21, 1933

A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Chester Morris stars as ambitious grain trader Chris Martin, who through fair and foul means corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint (Genevieve Tobin).

Golden Harvest

72 mins | Drama | Sept. 21, 1933

Golden Harvest
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Chester Morris stars as ambitious grain trader Chris Martin, who through fair and foul means corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint (Genevieve Tobin).
Producers Paramount
Original title Golden Harvest
Directors Ralph Murphy
Writers Nina Wilcox Putnam, Casey Robinson

Cast

Richard Arlen

as Walt Martin

Chester Morris

as Chris Martin

Genevieve Tobin

as Cynthia Flint

Roscoe Ates

as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou

Julie Haydon

as Ellen Goodhue

Berton Churchill

as Eben Martin

Lawrence Gray

as Hugh Jackson

Henry Kolker

as Henry Flint

Richard Carle

as Doctor Hoyt

Charles Sellon

as Jason Bowers

Frederick Burton

as Judge Goodhue

Jessie Arnold

as Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

as Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)

Harry Bowen

as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

Walter Brennan

as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

Edmund Burns

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Alphonse Ethier

as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

Joseph W. Girard

as Wheat Broker (uncredited)

Harry Harvey

as Wheat Broker (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

as Pierce (uncredited)

Olin Howland

as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

John Ince

as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

Gladden James

as Defeated Wheat Trader (uncredited)

DeWitt Jennings

as Sheriff (uncredited)

Lafe McKee

as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

Joe Sawyer

as Farmhand (uncredited)

Phillips Smalley

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

Morgan Wallace

as Trading Center Spokesman (uncredited)

Freeman Wood

as Minor Role (uncredited)