The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

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Returning home from prison, Tom Joad finds his family and others like them driven off their small tenant farms by large companies who can farm vast tracts of land more economically. The Joads, with Casey, the preacher who lost his calling, make the difficult journey to California, but once there find the promises of work empty. They finally find work, only to realize they are strikebreaking. Tom discovers Casey is a leader of the strikers, and when the owners kill Casey, Tom takes up his role. He leaves his family to do labor work, and they go on with faith in „the people“. ²

Vintage magazines

2 films complets 2, 15-04 1948

Books on The Grapes of Wrath

		Warren French Filmguide to The Grapes of Wrath Bloomington, IN, 1973

		Warren French (ed.) A Companion to The Grapes of Wrath New York, 1963

Books with substantial mentioning of The Grapes of Wrath

		National Film Theatre Fifty famous films, 1915-1945 [London], [[between 1945 and 1960]

		Melvyn Stokes American History through Hollywood Film, From the Revolution to the 1960s London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney, 2013

		David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008

		Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

		Tom Weaver, Biography by Gregory William Mank John Carradine: The Films Jefferson, NC, 1999

		Danny Peary Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present New York, 1993

		Neil Sinyard Classic Movies London, 1993

		Tag Gallagher John Ford: The Man and His Films Berkeley-Los Angeles-London, 1986

		Tony Thomas The Complete Films of Henry Fonda Secaucus, NJ, 1983

		Stanley Hochman (editor) From Quasimodo to Scarlett O'Hara, A National Board of Review Anthology 1920 - 1940 New York, 1982

		J.A. Place The Non-Western Films of John Ford Secaucus, NJ, 1979

		David Zinman 50 Classic Motion Pictures, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of New York, 1970