National Box Office Digest (Jan 1940-Jan 1941)

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* "The GRAPES OF WRATH” Winner of the NEW YORK FILM CRITICS AWARD as the BEST PRODUCTION of 1940 * Chosen by the NATIONAL BOARD of REVIEW as the BEST FILM of 1940 * Winner of the BOOK and MAGAZINE GUILD AWARD for the best picture based on a book 1939-40 * HERE’S WHAT the NEW YORK CRITICS SAID of the picture "The Grapes ol Wrath" is just about as good as any picture has a right to be; if it was any better, we just wouldn't believe our eyes. FRANK S. NUGENT. Times "The Grapes of Wrath is the most daring picture that has ever come out of Hollywood and it is one of the most important." KATE CAMERON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS "Merits a badge of honor for the United States movie industry." LIFE MAGAZINE "Better than the book." WALTER WINCHELL A great film, one of the greatest ever produced, everyone connected with the production should be congratulated. WILLIAM BOEHNEL. World-Telegram A great picture. One of the boldest and most honest pictures ever made. John Ford got the award in 1939 and it certainly looks like Ford for '40. SIDNEY SKOLSKY. Post "Zanuck has made a magnificent picture." N. Y. JOURNAL AND AMERICAN It is a genuinely great motion picture which makes one proud to have even a small share in affairs of the cinema. HOWARD BARNES. Herald Tribune Out of the pages of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath." Nunnally Johnson and John Ford have fashioned one of the greatest pictures in the history of the screen. LEO MISHKIN. Morning Telegraph "The superb film of the year. Steinbeck's novel of the Okies magnificently adjusted to the screen." THE NEW YORKER DARRYL F. ZANUCK'S production of CRAPES THE WRATH Tom Joad . . . HENRY FONDA Ma Joad . Jane DARWELL Casy John CARRADINE Pa Joad Russell SIMPSON Al 0. Z. WHITEHEAD Rosasharn DOTHS BOWDON Muley John QUALEN Grampa Charley GRAPEWIN Granma . Zeffie TILBURY Conn/e Eddie QUILLAN JOHN ( FORD * NUNNALLY JOHNSON A TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX PICTURE NOW PLAYING MATINEES DAILY at 2:15 PM. 30c NIGHTLY at 7:15 and 9:30 PM. 40c All plus tax 1228 No. VINE ST. • Phone GRanite 7712