{"id":3102,"date":"2007-05-03T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2007-05-03T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3102"},"modified":"2021-01-26T18:38:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T01:38:44","slug":"our-daily-bread-1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3102","title":{"rendered":"Our Daily Bread (1934)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing for people to worry about &#8212; not when they&#8217;ve got the earth!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Poster-157x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Poster-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Poster-67x128.jpg 67w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Poster.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the Great Depression, a destitute city couple named Mary (Karen Morley) and John (Tom Keene) take over Mary&#8217;s uncle&#8217;s farm. Soon they&#8217;ve invited other out-of-work families to join them on their land, and a thriving collective emerges.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collective Activism<\/li>\n<li>Depression Era<\/li>\n<li>Farming<\/li>\n<li>Femmes Fatales<\/li>\n<li>John Qualen Films<\/li>\n<li>Karen Morley Films<\/li>\n<li>King Vidor Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;unique, politically subversive Depression film by King Vidor&#8221; &#8212; a sequel to Vidor&#8217;s &#8220;1928 silent masterpiece <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28355\"><em>The Crowd<\/em><\/a>&#8221; (but with different lead actors) &#8212; suffers from overly simplistic characters, a naively Hollywood air of &#8220;Hey-let&#8217;s-get-together-and-form-a-cooperative&#8221;, and a contrived conflict involving a femme fatale (Barbara Pepper). (According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/85923\/our-daily-bread#articles-reviews?articleId=151878\">TCM&#8217;s article<\/a>, &#8220;director Vidor admitted that the floozy with the Jean Harlow platinum hair was brought in purely for box office.&#8221;) It&#8217;s frustrating to watch a film based on such an intriguing and original premise devolving into platitudes and easy fixes &#8212; there&#8217;s potential here for something much greater. With that said, I agree with Peary that &#8220;Vidor&#8217;s film works on many levels: its sincerity is to be commended, [and] its vision of an alternate lifestyle is tantalizing.&#8221; The final lengthy sequence (in which the collective members work together to dig a ditch which will bring water to their drought-ridden crops) shows evidence of Vidor&#8217;s cinematic genius &#8212; as well as heavy influence of Soviet-era films.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A stirring &#8212; if hopelessly naive &#8212; vision of collectivism in action<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Still-1024x602.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Still-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Still-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Still-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Still-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Still-1536x903.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Still.png 1683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;famous impressionistic finale&#8221; &#8212; which, as Peary notes, &#8220;is great cinema&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Finale2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Finale2-1024x623.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"389\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Finale2-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Finale2-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Finale2-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Finale2-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Finale2-1536x934.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Our-Daily-Bread-Finale2.png 1623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its historical importance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0025610\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1934\/10\/03\/archives\/the-screen-king-vidor-dramatizes-a-cooperative-farm-in-our-daily.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/85923\/our-daily-bread#articles-reviews?articleId=151878\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing for people to worry about &#8212; not when they&#8217;ve got the earth!&#8221; Synopsis: During the Great Depression, a destitute city couple named Mary (Karen Morley) and John (Tom Keene) take over Mary&#8217;s uncle&#8217;s farm. Soon they&#8217;ve invited other out-of-work families to join them on their land, and a thriving collective emerges. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Collective Activism Depression Era Farming Femmes Fatales John Qualen Films Karen Morley Films King Vidor Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3102\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3102"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66221,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102\/revisions\/66221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}