THE GRAPES OF WRATH
The book is about the Joads during the Great Depression in the 1930's. The motion picture details their arduous journey as they become migrant workers and end up in California.
Has anyone read the novel or seen this great movie?
Trivia: What year was this great novel made into a movie?
Yesterday's Trivia Answer: Ellen Burstyn played the ruthless grandmother
I read it in high school. Movie was in black and white, but I don't remember the year.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that was a hard trivia question...
DeleteI saw the movie when I took a films class in high school. It's so hard to imagine now but it was shown on a projector with a film reel. That makes me feel 105 years old LOL.
ReplyDeleteHahaa...I'm there with you, Julie.
DeleteYou are killing me with all of these classics. Kind of feeling like a literary ignoramus. I'm sure there will be one book where I'll raise my hand in the air and yell that I've read it.
ReplyDeleteYou're not an ignoramus, Nana.
DeleteI haven't read this book. I think it was probably "too tame" or "boring" when I was younger. Now I think I would find it very interesting. Funny how our tastes change as time passes. I didn't see the movie, either, so I have no idea.
ReplyDeleteEllen Burstyn? Really. I like her a lot. She has been in so many great films and one TV show I really liked, though that was quite a few years ago now. She usually plays a likable character. That was a real deviation for her.
Yes it was.
DeleteI have not read The Grapes of Wrath yet, will add it to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteThis is one that I haven't read yet, though I know it's supposed to be one of the great classics :) Maybe some day!
ReplyDeleteMy guess would be in the late 1940s. 1947, if I had to choose a year. 1951 at the latest.
ReplyDeleteWe had the book assigned for English in high school.
I'm sorry to say I haven't read the book or seen the movie. I'll have to fix that this year!
ReplyDeleteIt's an oldie but a goodie.
DeleteI remember reading this in high school, but I never saw the movie.
ReplyDeleteThe movie is good.
DeleteI haven't read the book but would like to, and will add it to my list :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Sharon.
DeleteI don't know the year but I saw the movie. I have the book but haven't read it.
ReplyDeleteIt's on my short list of classics. I can't wait to get to it, but I have to finish 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Gone with the Wind first. I didn't realize there was a movie, but I'm going to have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteGood Movie...
DeleteI've read the book a couple of times. Sadly, many people resent it since it is part of the forced school reading regimen. Never seen the movie, though.
ReplyDeleteKids find it as a chore...
DeleteThe book published in 1939 and the movie in 1940. I knew people whose family came to California because of the dust bowl and struggled to make a living. Steinbeck was an excellent writer.
ReplyDeleteThe movie received a number of nominations for the Oscars.
Moonlit Glow
You're so good...
DeleteI've never seen the movie, but I did need to read the book for one of my classes in high school...heh.
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