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DESCRIPTION:Screening of Grapes of Wrath and Presentation by San Jose State University 
 Professor Susan Shillinglaw\nThis famous 1940 movie is directed by John 
 Ford and stars Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine. In 1941, Oscars 
 for their performances in this movie went to Jane Darwell, Best Actress in 
 Supporting Role and John Ford, Best Director. Oscar Nominations went to 
 Henry Fonda for Best Actor in Leading Role, Robert Simpson for Best Film 
 Editing, Edmund Hansen for Best Sound for Recording, Nunnally Johnson, Best 
 Writing for Screenplay.  In 1940, it won the National Film Review Board's 
 award for Best Film and John Ford won the National Film Critics Circle 
 Award for Best Director.  In 1963, it won a Blue Ribbon Award for Best 
 Foreign Language Film.  This movie is a shining star in the history of 
 American film.  The gripping tale and the outstanding acting will stay with 
 you forever.\n\nRecognition must be given to the small scenes of class 
 solidarity:  When the family enters a truckstop coffee shop to get a loaf 
 of soft bread for grandma who has no teeth on their journey from dusty 
 Oklahoma to the golden state of California, the waitress agrees to let them 
 have the loaf for a nickel or so, at a time when a nickel could buy one a 
 meal.  After the family leaves, the truck drivers tease the waitress for 
 going soft.  As the waitress clears away the truck drivers' dishes, she 
 finds a pile of quarters as her tip.  She laughs as she softly says, "just 
 truck drivers."\n\nThis is the 70th anniversary of the publication of John 
 Steinbeck’s book, The Grapes Of Wrath. This book, a classic of American 
 literature, was so hated by some of the agricultural owners that there were 
 burnings of it in San Jose and Monterey. The conditions of farmworkers are 
 still a critical issue today for the people of California and the United 
 States and this hidden history of bookburning is part of the hysteria of 
 that period.\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.steinbeck.sjsu.edu/home/index.jsp\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/14/18601648.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Grapes of Wrath - Film and Presentation
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Library, Center for Steinbeck Studies of San Jose State 
 University, 150 E San Fernando St., San Jose\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/14/18601648.php
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