| Description |
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Ford at Fox collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, fullscreen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
In English (Dolby Digital stereo or mono) or Spanish (Dolby Digital mono) with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson, O.Z. Whitehead, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, Zeffie Tilbury. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Simpson. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of a 1940 motion picture. |
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Based on the novel by John Steinbeck. |
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Special features: side A: audio commentary by film historian Joseph McBride and Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw ; U.K. prologue ; side B: Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker as seen on Biography on the A & E Network ; restoration comparison ; original theatrical trailer ; still gallery ; Fox Movietonews: 1934: Worst Drought in Many Years Hits Middle West ; 1934: Drought Distress Is Increasing In the Midwest ; 1934: Midwest Drought Distress Becomes National Disaster ; 1934: Outtakes ; 1941: Roosevelt Lauds Motion Picture At Academy Fete. |
| Contents |
Side A. Feature -- side B. Supplemental. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated; CHV rating: PG. |
| Summary |
The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. |
| Awards |
Academy Awards, 1941: Best director ; Best actress in a supporting role (Darwell) |
| Subject |
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Film adaptations.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.
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Ford, John, 1894-1973.
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Johnson, Nunnally.
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Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982.
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Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967.
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Carradine, John.
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Grapewin, Charles, 1869-1956.
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Toland, Gregg.
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Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Grapes of wrath.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
024543482642 |
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