The Great Meadow

The Great Meadow
1931 theatrical poster
Directed byCharles Brabin
Written byEdith Ellis
Charles Brabin
Based onThe Great Meadow
1930 novel
by Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Produced byLouis B. Mayer
Irving Thalberg
StarringJohnny Mack Brown
Eleanor Boardman
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Clyde De Vinna
Edited byGeorge Hively
Music byWilliam Axt
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • January 24, 1931 (1931-01-24)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Great Meadow is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film, produced and distributed by MGM with direction by Charles Brabin. The film starred Eleanor Boardman and Johnny Mack Brown. It is based on the novel The Great Meadow by Elizabeth Madox Roberts, which is similar in theme to Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds, which was later made into the 1939 film of the same name directed by John Ford. MGM filmed The Great Meadow in a widescreen format called "Realife". However, it is unclear whether it was released in that widescreen process due to declining interest of the movie-going public.