Television
At the end of “The Grapes of Wrath” tonight on PBS, during a downpour and huddled in a barn, the Joad family’s daughter, Rose of Sharon, gives a starving black man the nourishing milk of her breast.
March 22, 1991
Opinion
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of “The Grapes of Wrath.”
April 28, 2014
The Depression-era family saga “Long Road Home” (at 9 tonight on Channels 2 and 8) is as real as a gob of mud and Burma-Shave signs on the highway.
Feb. 25, 1991
Entertainment & Arts
For theaters in the 1980s, making poverty look real is a pricey proposition.
May 11, 1989
Movies
Dorris Bowdon, a movie actress best remembered for her role in John Ford’s “The Grapes of Wrath” who left acting after she married that film’s screenwriter, has died.
Aug. 12, 2005
Archives
Landmarks: New owners of area where “Grapes of Wrath” was shot say they will welcome future productions.
July 30, 1997
“The Grapes of Wrath,” the Tony Award-winning production of John Steinbeck’s landmark novel about Okies migrating to California, is being taped for PBS’ “American Playhouse.”
Sept. 30, 1990
At the Alex Film Society’s screening of ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ three surviving cast members will reminisce about Ford, Fonda and the Hollywood classic.
Jan. 11, 2001
Obituaries
Shirley Mills Hanson, 83, actress in ‘The Grapes of Wrath’; Lorraine Chargin, 79, boxing promoter
April 8, 2010
These films, from 1940 to 1957, didn’t win best picture -- but they sure got a lot of Oscar nods.
April 10, 2005