Seed (1931 film)

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Seed (1931 film) is a 1931 American pre-Code drama directed by John M. Stahl that explores the emotional and social consequences of a man's abandonment of his family in pursuit of literary success.

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Seed (1931 film) canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
pre-Code film ⓘ
basedOn Seed by Charles G. Norris ⓘ
novel ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Jackson Rose ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director John M. Stahl ⓘ
distributedIn United States ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Milton Carruth ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasAgeRating unrated (pre-Code era) ⓘ
hasFormat feature film ⓘ
hasSetting New York City ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation aspiring writer ⓘ
medium 35 mm film ⓘ
narrativeFocus family drama ⓘ
narrativeTheme abandonment ⓘ
ambition ⓘ
emotional consequences ⓘ
literary success ⓘ
marital conflict ⓘ
social consequences ⓘ
notableFor early appearance of Bette Davis ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf American pre-Code cinema ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Code Hollywood
producer Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
productionCodeEra pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Code Hollywood
productionCompany Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1931-02-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1931 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 96 ⓘ
screenwriter Gladys Lehman ⓘ
setInPeriod contemporary to 1930s ⓘ
soundFilm true ⓘ
starring Bette Davis ⓘ
Frances Dee ⓘ
Genevieve Tobin ⓘ
John Boles ⓘ
Lois Wilson ⓘ
Raymond Hackett ⓘ
Zasu Pitts ⓘ

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John M. Stahl → notableWork → Seed (1931 film) ⓘ
John M. Stahl → directed → Seed (1931 film) ⓘ
Jacob Morris Strelitsky → notableWork → Seed (1931 film) ⓘ