Of Mice and Men (1939 film)

Of Mice and Men is a 1939 drama film based on the 1937 play based on the novel of the same title by American author John Steinbeck. It stars Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney, Jr., Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele and Noah Beery, Jr. It was remade in 1992.

Two migrant field workers in California during the Great DepressionGeorge Milton Burgess Meredith, an intelligent and quickwitted man despite his frequent claims of being not that smart, and Lennie Small Lon Chaney, Jr., an ironicallynamed man of large stature and immense strength who, due to his mental disability, has a mind of a younger childhope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennies part of the dream, which he never tires of hearing George describe, is merely to tend to and touch soft rabbits on the farm. George protects Lennie at the beginning by telling him that if Lennie gets into trouble George wont let him tend them rabbits. They are fleeing from their previous employment in Weed where they were run out of town after Lennies love of stroking soft things resulted in an accusation of attempted rape when he touched and held onto a young womans dress not shown, but mentioned.While on a bus en route to the new ranch, Lennie who, because of his mental disability, is prone to forget the simplest things or phrases but can only remember about the rabbitsasks George where they are going. George is aggravated about this and instead tells him about the work cards they got at the bus entrance, which Lennie does remember, but incorrectly remembers having them in his pocket, since George has both of them. After being dropped offmiles from their destination, George and Lennie decide to camp for the night by the Salinas River. When George points to Lennie the river, he runs to the river and dunks his whole head in it, drinking from it like an animal. George soon catches Lennie petting a dead bird, takes it away from him and throws it to the other side of the river for safety reasons. When Lennie hears that they are going have beans for dinner, he requests ketchup, to which George responds that they do not have any. At night, as George and Lennie are eating beans for dinner, Lennie requests for the same thing, with Geo

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