The Grapes of Wrath

Introduction and comments following The Grapes Of Wrath, 1940, from Ben Mankiewicz and cinematographer Robert Yeoman.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Grapes Of Wrath, 1940.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Grapes Of Wrath, 1940.

TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces The Grapes Of Wrath, 1940.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Grapes Of Wrath, 1940.

Al (O.Z. Whitehead) driving, Ma (Jane Darwell) philosophical, setting out for California, Grandpa (Charley Grapewin) the first casualty, Pa and Tom (Russell Simpson, Henry Fonda) managing, Casy (John Carradine) little help, in John Ford's The Grapes Of Wrath, 1940, from John Steinbeck's book.

John Ford and Darryl F. Zanuck delivering the John Steinbeck novel with full force, opening credits and Henry Fonda appears in the dust bowl as Tom Joad, just tolerating a supercilious trucker (Irving Bacon), in the Best Picture-nominated The Grapes Of Wrath, 1940.

Reaching a filling station in New Mexico, Tom (Henry Fonda) getting gas while Pa (Russell Simpson) negotiates with a waitress (Kitty McHugh) for a loaf of bread, young Winfield and Ruth (Darryl Hickman, Shirley Mills) benefiting, in John Ford's The Grapes Of Wrath, 1940.

Paroled Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) finally finds his family, Grandma and Grandpa (Zeffie Tilbury, Charley Grapewin) tangling, Pa (Russell Simpson) suggesting California, Ma (Jane Darwell) the first to notice, camera by Gregg Toland, in John Ford's The Grapes Of Wrath, 1940, from the Steinbeck novel.

Oklahoma Parolee Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) comes upon the demoralized preacher Casy (John Carradine), en route to his family farm, early in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath, 1940, from the John Steinbeck novel.

Henry Fonda stars in John Ford's movie version of the John Steinbeck novel about Depression-era migrants, The Grapes of Wrath (1940).