Description
Summary:The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression.
Item Description:Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.
Videodisc release of a 1940 motion picture.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Special features: Commentary by scholars Joseph McBride and Susan Shillinglaw -- U.K. prologue -- "Darryl F. Zanuck : 20th Century filmmaker" as seen on Biography on the A&E network -- Movietone news : 3 drought reports from 1934 -- Outtakes -- Still gallery -- "Roosevelt lauds motion pictures at Academy fete" featurette -- Restoration comparison.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([4] pages illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:DVD.
Audience:Bonus features not rated or closed-captioned.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1940: Best Director (John Ford), Best Supporting Actress (Jane Darwell)
Production Credits:Director of photography, Gregg Toland.