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The Green Hand

In 1932, University of Georgia agriculture professor Paul W. Chapman wrote a novel about the Future Farmers of America (FFA), The Green Hand, in which joining FFA improved the life of a young delinquent, Fred Dale. In 1939, Sears-Roebuck & Co. sponsored the filmed version of The Green Hand and shot the film in Athens, Georgia, casting townfolk and university professors as its main characters. The main character, Fred Dale, is played by UGA sophomore Alpha Fowler, Jr., the son of a state legislator. A "big man on campus" in the 1940s, Fowler, Jr. went on to his own career as a state legislator. Other men prominent in Georgia and UGA agriculture appeared in the film.

Top Cast

  • Paul Chapman

    Paul Chapman

    Prof. Marshall Anderson

  • M. D. Mobley

    M. D. Mobley

    Walter Langford

  • Alpha Fowler, Jr.

    Alpha Fowler, Jr.

    Fred Dale

  • Mrs. J.W. Bailey

    Mrs. J.W. Bailey

    Fred's mother

  • Betty Johnson

    Betty Johnson

    Sally May Martin

  • Leo F. Johnson

    Leo F. Johnson

    Sally's father

  • W.R. Coile

    W.R. Coile

    Judge of the Superior Court

  • G. P. Donaldson

    G. P. Donaldson

    Jack Lindsey

  • Ralph Shumake

    Ralph Shumake

    Willard Henderson

Overview

In 1932, University of Georgia agriculture professor Paul W. Chapman wrote a novel about the Future Farmers of America (FFA), The Green Hand, in which joining FFA improved the life of a young delinquent, Fred Dale. In 1939, Sears-Roebuck & Co. sponsored the filmed version of The Green Hand and shot the film in Athens, Georgia, casting townfolk and university professors as its main characters. The main character, Fred Dale, is played by UGA sophomore Alpha Fowler, Jr., the son of a state legislator. A "big man on campus" in the 1940s, Fowler, Jr. went on to his own career as a state legislator. Other men prominent in Georgia and UGA agriculture appeared in the film.

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