Tuesday, March 03, 2015

The Grapes of Wrath: 10 surprising facts about John Steinbeck's novel

The Grapes of Wrath: 10 surprising facts about John Steinbeck's novel 

6 comments:

Dan said...

Here's another for you: When the film previewed before release, audience members walked out in droves! Daryl Zanuck, head of 20th/Fox, was at the theater when it happened, and commented,
"What the @#%&! does a preview audience in Pasadena know about movies? I know about movies, and this is a good movie!"

mybillcrider said...

Well, he was right.

Peter Brandvold said...

That last scene is shocking even by today's standards.

Peter Brandvold said...

I mean the scene in the book!

mybillcrider said...

A little too shocking for the movie version, all right.

RHovey, CA said...

I love Steinbeck, and my adorned guest room is called "The Steinbeck Room." Living just north of Steinbeck country, I love going to the Museum in Salinas, and the tribute we have at my old alma matte, SJSU. He wrote so simply yet elegantly, and will always be one of the great story tellers about life of all time. As always though, a man ahead of his time.