One of the daughters in serious trouble of being an old maid at 23 and that was Gene Tierney if you can believe that. Jeeter Lester and Jeeter is a guy determined to get by doing as little as possible.
Charley Grapewin and Bessie Patterson are Mr.&Mrs. The changes took a lot of the drama and commentary and left the film not too far above the Weaver Family films and Ma and Pa Kettle. In this one because Caldwell's Jeeters are not quite as noble as the Joads of The Grapes Of Wrath, they're not prototype rural proletarians. Ford kept the spirit of Steinbeck's work completely intact and got a well deserved Best Director Oscar. The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a great piece of social commentary, an immortal work whether in print or on the big or small screen. It was thought of probably by Darryl Zanuck as a great property for John Ford seeing what he did with The Grapes Of Wrath. Tobacco Road as was written by Erskine Caldwell and dramatized on Broadway for 8 years was brought to the screen by 20th Century Fox in a considerably altered state.
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