Picture is "The Grapes of Wrath," adapted by Nunnally Johnson from John Steinbeck's best-seller. It is an absorbing, tense melodrama, starkly realistic, and loaded with social and political fireworks.

Not long ago, my friend Michelle and I formed an informal two-person book club. We recognized that we both loved talking about the novels we were reading but had never quite fit into standard book ...

"Grapes of Wrath'' cassettes: 1 (the Joads reach California, but Grandma dies crossing the desert; miles to go: 1,800 (approximate) ... STURGIS, S.D. -- I was in the Broken Spoke Saloon writing ...

Told in Steinbeck’s trademark empathic, colloquial, and observational style, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ is a story of strength, suffering, family, injustice, humanity, and hope in the face of ...