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Looking BackMarch 1940Step back in time to see what area movie theaters were presenting in March 1940. Film titles are linked to the Internet Movie Database. For more information about these theaters, see Cinema Treasures or Water Winter Wonderland.
"Its greatness as a picture lies in many things,
not all of them readily reducible to words," wrote Frank S. Nugent
in "A salute goes to the entire cast for character performances
remarkable in their realism," wrote Al Weitschat of The "Jane Darwell equals her best previous work as Ma
Joad, who smilingly defies the forces that tear the family apart bit Appearing with The
Grapes of Wrath at the Fox was the 1903 feature The
Great Train Robbery, Fox Movietone News, and selected short subjects.
Also opening in Detroit on Other Detroit movies on March 1 included Gone
with the Wind, in its sixth week at the United Artists and the
Wilson Theatre. Hedy Lamarr also starred in the controversial At the Fox, The
Grapes of Wrath followed a run of Little
Old New York (Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray). It played at the Fox
The
Grapes of Wrath opened in Detroit area neighborhood
Click here to see a PDF of newspaper images relating to the opening of The Grapes of Wrath. |
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