Scheduled film for 3 October 2008

Scheduled Film for
3 October 2008
THE GRAPES OF WRATH

John Ford was one of the msot respected directors in the Hollywood cinema. He won 6 Oscars, 4 for feature films, one for Grapes of Wrath. Grapes of Wrath was a major "prestige" film, based on the famous Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John Steinbeck about the exploitation of migrant workers who traveled from Oklahoma (hence, "Okies") to California to find work during the "dusters" (dust storms) of the 1930s, only to find hunger and starvation instead.
    Starts, as usual, at 12:30 p.m. 3 October 2008.

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