ALO - G Dep and New Deal
ALO - Great Depression and New Deal
The Grapes of Wrath, 1940, dir. John Ford, based on novel by John Steinbeck; Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell.
Of Mice and Men, 1939, dir. Lewis Milestone (All Quiet…), based on novel by John Steinbeck; Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney Jr.
Of Mice and Men, 1992, dir. Gary Sinise, based on novel by John Steinbeck; Gary Sinise, John Malkovich.
King Kong, 1933, dir. Cooper and Schoedsack; Fay Wray
The Wizard of Oz, 1939, dir. Victor Fleming, from novel by L. Frank Baum; Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton.
Duck Soup, dir. Leo McCarey; The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo), Margaret Dumont.
Possibly the funniest movie ever made!! (But die-hard Marxists debate between this one and A Night at the Opera, 1935, dir. Sam Wood).
Web sites:
Library of Congress, "America From the Great Depression to World War II; Black and White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945."
Library of Congress, "By the People, For the People; Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943."
National Archives and Records Administration, "A New Deal for the Arts."
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, "The New Deal Network."
Niskayuna High School, "FDR Cartoons," 1998.
