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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
Haunting absolutely. Yep that's the speech in the movie that really really moves me! She embodied the tough spirit of the southwest. My grandparents were okies and were children during the time of the dust bowl and the Jane Darwell character reminds me of my grandmother. The entire scene with her and Tom Joad talking at the end before he leaves is riveting and great writing.
For example, Tom Joad "Then it don't matter. I'll be all around in the dark - I'll be everywhere. Wherever you can look - wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there. I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad. I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry and they know supper's ready, and when the people are eatin' the stuff they raise and livin' in the houses they build - I'll be there, too. "
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A/J,
True enough.. It's tough to beat that Steinbeck guy for dialouge! His book was adapted by the deft and brilliant Nunnally Johnson, who also either adapted, wrote or directed 'Man in the Grey Flannel Suit', 'Three Faces of Eve' and many, many more... 'The Dirty Dozen' too!
Amazing that your kin were Dust Bowl Okies.. Hardscrabble upbringing is an invaluable asset for the following generations.. My father and his mother came here from Vienna in '39, literally with $10 each.. That's all the Nazis allowed them to leave Austria with..