The grapes of wrath / 
Twentieth Century-Fox ; director, John Ford ; producer, Darryl F. Zanuck ; screenplay, Nunnally Johnson. 
, United States. 
 - United States :  Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,  1940. 
 - 14 film reels of 14 on 4 (ca. 129 min., ca. 4,640 ft.) :  sd., b&w ;  16 mm. 
<br/><br/> Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.  Copyright: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 24Jan40; LP9700.  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.  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. 
<br/><br/>Photography, Gregg Toland ; music, Alfred Newman ; editor, Robert Simpson ; associate producer, Nunnally Johnson.  Photography, Gregg Toland ; music, Alfred Newman ; editor, Robert Simpson ; associate producer, Nunnally Johnson. 
<br/><br/>Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson, O.Z. Whitehead. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> This film was selected for the National Film Registry. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002637908 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rural families--Oklahoma--Drama.<br/>Fortitude--Drama.<br/>Farmers--Oklahoma--Drama.<br/>Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939--Drama.<br/>Depressions, 1929--United States--Drama.<br/>Migrant agricultural laborers--California--Drama.<br/>Labor camps--California--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Social problem films.<br/>Historical films.<br/>Feature films.<br/>Fiction films.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>FCB 5093-5096 (viewing print) 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823 STE  / 24703