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(0)John Steinbeck
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2008, Bill Barich stumbled upon a used copy of "Travels in Ireland," where he has lived for the past eight years, and it inspired him to explore the mood of the United States as John Steinbeck had done almost a half century before in "Travels with Charley".
47) Of mice and men
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.
48) Of mice and men
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001, c1992]
Language
English
Description
In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.
50) East of Eden
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Cal Trask is considered the "bad" son of taciturn Salinas Valley lettuce farmer Adam Trask. Although Cal always means well, he just can't stay out of trouble. Neither is Cal able to match the high esteem in which his father holds his "good" brother Aron. Only Aron's girl friend Abra and kindly old Doctor Sam seem to be able to see the essential goodness in the troublesome Cal. In an effort to win his father's love, Cal purchases a fresh lettuce crop...
52) Cannery row
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In a rundown California town where the inhabitants struggle to survive and better themselves, a romance develops between a quiet marine biologist and a runaway supporting herself through prostitution.
53) Lifeboat
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When their vessel is torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean during WWII, eight survivors find refuge in a lifeboat. Short on food and water, their situation is further complicated when they rescue a crew member from the German submarine that sank their ship.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Rebel without a cause (1955): The adolescent son of a well-to-do family gets into trouble with other kids and the police.
East of Eden (1955): A wayward Salinas Valley youth vies for the affection of his hardened father with his favored brother.
Cat on a hot tin roof (1958): A drama of the problems of a wealthy but decadent family in the South.
A streetcar named Desire (1951): Set in the steamy squalor of New Orleans, the story of a neurotic woman's...
55) Of mice and men
Publisher
Corinth Films
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story about the strange relationship of two migrant workers who are able to realize their dreams of an easy life until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles the farmer's wife.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
East of Eden (1955): A wayward Salinas Valley youth vies for the affection of his hardened father with his favored brother.
Rebel without a cause (1955): The adolescent son of a well-to-do family gets into trouble with other kids and the police.
Giant (1956): Bick Benedict, his society-gilded wife and three generations of land-rich Texas sons and daughters love, swagger, connive and clash in a monumental drama of family strife, racial bigotry and...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin...
Publisher
Momentum Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in California apple country in the 1930s, nine hundred migratory workers rise up and join forces to protest unfair wages and working conditions. As the labor strike wears on and conflict grows between the apple pickers and the local growers' association, what begins as a fight for their rights turns into an all-out battle for survival in this star-studded retelling of John Steinbeck's beloved novel.
