Profs Do the Movies: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Profs Do the MoviesAbout this experience
Sunday, 1:30 – 5:00 pm
March 15
Hollywood Does the Depression
The profs return for their 20th season, introducing, screening, and leading discussions of three great movies that respond to the Great Depression. The Great Depression was the most severe economic downturn in modern history. “Hollywood Does the Depression” illustrates some of the ways that Hollywood responded to the monumental crisis. The first movie is comic (with serious overtones), the second is tragic (but hopeful), and the third is purely escapist (and purely delightful).
The Grapes of Wrath (1940), directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda. (Movie 2 of 3)
Directed by John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath is the classic Great Depression film. Based on John Steinbeck’s fictional masterpiece, the film depicts the pain and suffering as well as the strength and perseverance of the hundreds of thousands of farmers whose lives were profoundly altered by the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Starring the young Henry Fonda in his greatest role.
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Your Host
Keith Cushman (Ph.D., Princeton University), Professor Emeritus of English, has written or edited seven books about D.H. Lawrence. The recipient of two Fulbrights, he has lectured on modern English and American literature in Italy, Finland, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, India, Japan, and Korea. He is a recipient of the Alumni Research Excellence Award.
Ron Cassell (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Associate Professor Emeritus of History and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, has long had an interest in 20th century British political history and the two World Wars. He is a recipient of the Alumni Teaching Excellence Award.