‘Grapes of Wrath,' the movie

WESTFALL — The Grapes of Wrath movie was shown last Friday night at Ding -Del Middle school and last Saturday night at the Delaware Valley High School. Film historian and local author, John Di Leo, presented the film and talked about the movie and the book. The book came out in 1939 and the movie followed rather quickly in 1940. Di Leo pointed out that Director John Ford made a film which author John Steinbeck was pleased with, even though there had to be some Hollywood compromises regarding some of the language and scenes. The showing of the film was part of the month’s long Big Read sponsored by the American Readers Theatre with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about ongoing Big Read events in May; go to www.pikecountybigread.us or www.americanreaderstheatre.com.