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Encyclopedia > Of Mice and Men (1939)

Of Mice and Men is a 1939 film based on the novel by John Steinbeck with the same title. It stars Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele and Noah Beery Jr.


The film was adapted by Eugene Solow and directed by Lewis Milestone.


The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.


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Of Mice and Men (11260 words)
This Of Mice and Men doesn't mean to be either realistic or melodramatic, that is, in the manner of Lewis Milestone's far darker 1940 adaptation.
Sinise's Of Mice and Men is a recollection of a simpler way of life that was swept aside by the realities of the Depression and all the momentous social changes that followed.
Of Mice and Men is a story about people born into their fate," Sinise says as he stands in the 105 degree summer heat of the Valley, amid the malls, the house tracts, and the freeways.
Of Mice and Men - DVD Movie Central (809 words)
In Of Mice and Men, the 1939 filmed version of one of his greatest novels, two such characters are at the center of the story.
Men who are old, worn out, and have lived their lives trudging from point A to point B. One even ponders when his aged dog is put of his misery why we don't do the same thing for human beings when it's clear they've got nothing left to give.
But Of Mice and Men is every bit as much of a cinematic jewel as any of these recognized classics, despite its deceptive simplicity and modesty.
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