Sunday, February 08, 2009

TEN GOOD FILMS
SET DURING
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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The Great Depression and Movies. The following are ten films set during that time frame that are good movies. Listed by year released.
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It Happened One Night (1934)
{A big Oscar winner with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert}
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
{Henry Fonda has never been better than as Tom Joad}
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
{not as well known as it should be -- terrific movie}
Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
{Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are sensational as the outlaw lovers ... oh, yeah, there's this new guy named Gene Hackman who plays Clyde's older brother Buck}
The Sting (1973)
{Newman and Redford and a very cool con game}
Chinatown (1974)
{the millionaire played by John Huston would feel right at home with the Wall Street and Bank execs of today}
Hard Times (1975)
{Charles Bronson could act once upon a time ... he and James Coburn play well off each other}
Victoria/Victoria (1982)
{fun movie with Robert Preston stealing the show}
The Green Mile (1999)
{Stephen King, Tom Hanks, and a Southern prison during the Depression}
Seabiscuit (2003)
{a good story about the famed racehorse}