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THE SHOW-DOWN Page 8 Sensational Masterful Screen Production Sky Ridin' [[image: cartoon drawing of an American Indian riding on a cloud]] Remember how you used to wish you could straddle a cloud and go scootin' thru the skies? You'll see it done by dozens of tiny actors when you see "The Green Pastures". "The Green Pastures" Warner Bros. picture, directed by Mare Connelly and William Keighley, from a fable by Marc Connelly THE CAST De Lawd .................... Rex Ingram Pharaoh .................... Ernest Whitman The Gambler ................ Freddie Archibald Rev. Deshee ................ George Reed Slender Angel .............. Bertha Wright Adam ....................... Rex Ingram Cain ....................... Al Stokes Zeba ....................... Edna M. Harris Cain the Sixth ............. James Fuller Shem ....................... Ray Martin Japheth .................... Jimmy Burress Jacob ...................... Ivory Williams Aaron ...................... David Berthea Joshua .................... Reginald Fenderson Hezdrel .................... Rex Ingram Leon Randall ............... W.W. Whitfield Charlotta Prohack .......... Dolores Mae Lily Flatfoot ................... Charles Andrews First Cleaner .............. Florence Fields Young Soldier ............. Reginald Fenderson Master Ceremonies .......... Slim Thompson Isaac ...................... George Reed Head Magician .............. William Cumby Prophet .................... Clinton Rosamond Gabriel .................... Oscar Polk Moses ...................... Frank Wilson Stout Angel ................ Anna Mae Fritz Hail Johnson Choir of Spiritual Singers Archangel .................. Abraham Gleaves Eve ........................ Myrtle Anderson Flashily Dressed Woman..Benevenita Washington Noah ....................... Eddie Anderson Ham ........................ Dudley Dickerson Mrs. Noah .................. Ida Forsyne Zipporah ................... Rosina Weston Zubo ....................... Clinton Rosamond Hosea ...................... Clinton Rosamond Sexton ..................... John Larkin Carlisle Randall ........... Philip Hurlick Viney Prohack .............. Loise Price High Priest ................ George Randel Second Cleaner ............. Anna Mae Fritz Young Gambler ..... "Jazz Lips" Richardson Abraham .................... Wm. Cumby Sexton's Grandson .......... Donald Brown King of Babylon ............ Wm. Cumby De Lawd and His Angels [[image: bearded man standing in front of angels and worshipers]] Pronounced by critics and public alike to warrant statements that, "it is a magnificent motion picture", a Warner Bros. production thrilling audiences throughout the country. SPEAKING PARTS IN "GREEN PASTURES" One of the unusual features of "The Green Pastures", the Warner Bros. production of the Pulitzer price play, is the extraordinary number of speaking parts. Totally 111, the actors for these parts were carefully selected by Marc Connelly, the director. Thirty of the original cast of the play are included. [[image: artist's rendition of cartoonish people in a fantasy environment]] Celestial joys as conceived by primitive dwellers in the Louisiana bayou districts form the background of Marc Connelly's Pulitzer prize play.