Film, Video Web Page The grapes of wrath

Title

• The grapes of wrath

Summary

• Tom Joad, a paroled convict, returns to his family farm in the Oklahoma only to learn that the Joads have been forced off their land by dust storms and crop failures, and are joining other displaced families all migrating to California for work and a better life. After a grueling and dangerous trip, they arrive at a terrible migrant camp, full of starving families and surrounded by armed guards. Because of the terrible working conditions, some of the workers organize a strike. Tom attends a secret meeting of the strikers, which is discovered by the guards. As Tom tries to defend a friend from the attack, he inadvertently kills a guard and realizes he has to leave the family. He vows to continue fighting for social reform, and Ma Joad declares her intent to keep the family strong and carry on.

Names

• Ford, John, 1894-1973, direction.
• Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979, production.
• Johnson, Nunnally, writing, production.
• Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, cast.
• Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967, cast.
• Carradine, John, cast.
• Grapewin, Charles, 1869-1956, cast.
• Bowdon, Dorris, cast.
• Simpson, Russell, 1880-1959, cast.
• Whitehead, O. Z., cast.
• Toland, Gregg, camera.
• Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970, music.
• Simpson, Robert, 1910-1977, editing.
• Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Created / Published

• United States : Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 1940.

Headings

• -  Rural families--Oklahoma--Drama
• -  Fortitude--Drama
• -  Farmers--Oklahoma--Drama
• -  Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939--Drama
• -  Depressions, 1929--United States--Drama
• -  Migrant agricultural laborers--California--Drama
• -  Labor camps--California--Drama

Genre

• Social problem films
• Historical films
• Feature films
• Fiction films

Notes

• -  LP9700 U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.
• -  Copyright: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 24Jan40; LP9700.
• -  Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson, O.Z. Whitehead.
• -  Photography, Gregg Toland ; music, Alfred Newman ; editor, Robert Simpson ; associate producer, Nunnally Johnson.
• -  Parts of summary from Wikipedia and Allmovie.com.
• -  LC also holds a DVD viewing copy in the Copyright Collection, a optical disc viewing copy in the LC Purchase Collection, and a theatrical projection print in the Twentieth Century-Fox Collection.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  Not viewed.
• -  Sources used: Cpyright catalog, motion pictures, 1940-1949, p. 144; Variety film reviews, vol. 6, 1-31-1940; The motion picture guide, vol. 3, p. 1084-108; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed December 9, 2016; Wikipedia, December 9, 2016; Allmovie.com, December 9, 2016.

Medium

• viewing print 14 film reels of 14 on 4 (ca. 129 min., ca. 4,640 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• FCB 5093-5096 (viewing print)

Source Collection

• Aubinoe (Alvin L., Jr.) Family Film Collection (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2002637908

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2002637908

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