Steinbeck | Of Mice and Men (1939) Lon Chaney Jr., Burgess Meredith | Full Movie, Subtitles 

And his performance in Rocky was stellar.

Let's not forget 'The Penguin.'

The story of GI Joe, as Ernie Pyle. In Harms Way, with John Wayne.

a masterpiece. burgess and lon with a magnificent cast. a template for all good classics, film or literary.

You got it.

I should clarify that John Ford's film of The Grapes of Wrath is also a great film, but necessarily more of a condensation of a far longer novel (by the same author). The original novella Of Mice and Men is quite short, which also assisted its Broadway adaptation (with Wallace Ford and Broderick Crawford as George and Lenny) a couple years before Lewis Milestone's film version.

@@pianoredux7516 Well said! When I read it there was an emotional impact. Then I saw a later film and was not impressed. This is by far the best and was very moving. I think it captured Steinbeck's original message.

Steinbeck had an understanding of intersectionality way back then.

Put this next to "Grapes of Wrath."

Good god, leave postmodern-diversity feminism out of it. Nauseating. The classics were classics precisely because they weren't postmodern putridity.@@goldenroux612

They don't make movies like that anymore

Agree.

I have seen a number of versions of this story. This one is the best.

John Malkovitch also played this.

It shoiuld of got best picture? Gone with the wind? Come on. Graphics - big deal!

Randy Quade did a pretty good Lenny with Robert Blake in 1981

Travels With Charlie. I know what is coming and yet I watch.

It's better if you shoot your own dog yourself.

Amazingly heartbreaking. And I also adore East of Eden, the novel.

Grapes of Wrath a great book. Love it, but very depressing.

and east of eden

It was a good year for film making, agreed.

Need to see them all. Have the books. To bad everyone doesn't go for the classics

​@@robertfeeley9738they're called _classic_ because of their popularity across time.

​@@andrewfrancis4462not for very long

well-contextualized

The parallel between the feelings Candy has his dog and that of George toward Lennie is smart writing. What gets me most is the contrast of hard feelings and callousness with graciousness and love among the characters

Maybe even the 28th century. And Spider Babies? That turd needed to be cut adrift.

@@martitinkovich4489 I saw that once. I agree, it was awful, but it was toward the end of his life and good roles weren't coming his way.

Accepting every role offered is usually not a good thing. Except maybe at the begining.

@@Mrgop He shoulda stayed home on that one.

Gets a mention in "werewolves of london" 🎼walking with the queen🎵🎶

I’m watching this for the first time but I always loved the Gary Sinise one. And how can you not acknowledge how good The Lord of the Rings is.

@@acdragonrider I haven't read the Lord of the Rings, and I haven't seen the movie. The Catch 22 with Alan Arkin was outstanding, but only a shadow of the best American novel of the 20th century. The Cohen brothers did True Grit justice probably as well as it could've been, and that was a fine book, but not one of the greats. The only the movie ive seen that was on par with the book is the 1940s version

_The Godfather_ comes to mind. It's a fantastic novel, and the greatest movie of all time... imho. So does _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas._ In fact, Johnny Depp pretty much became Hunter S Thompson. I've never seen any other film that so closely nailed the book.

@@donarthiazi2443 I read the first Fear and Loathing when it appeared in Rolling Stone. It wasn't a novel. I don't remember much about it, I remember I liked it. That was over fifty years ago. I saw the Bill Murray movie which was sillliness,probably 1980? Didn't know about Johnny Depp's but he is a fine actor, I'm sure he did well.

The Godfather movie I didn't like, but Godfather 2 was outstanding. Didn't know about the book. If I want to see mobster movies I watch 1930s and 1940s movies.

Superior to Hemingway in every way.

I love Steinbeck. East of Eden was terrific. Cannery row too

@@user-pg7dy4kq1xUnderrated ones but I love Travels with Charley and Russian Journal too

He got a Nobel prize? Pullitzer, yes, 'knew that.

I love Hemingway, too. For Whom the Bell Tolls.@@Mrgop

You've read Steinbeck as a kid? You must be a smart cookie.

@@kentuky1233 My thoughts exactly

How is it simple? It's a rare movie where evil can triumph over good and we eat it up.

Yes, and Grapes Of Wrath a close second.

lol..dude dont feel bad you are as ignorant as the rest of the comments,,,,JS did not write this movie

Well, up north, 10 miles would have been considered nothing to walk in those days; but I guess with the heat in the south, it's another story. Plus, if George hadn't harassed the bus driver, he wouldn't have given them ``a bum steer.'' I mean, George got right in his face, OK, forgive that, but when driver had a question (`don't I know you,'' or something like that,) George was, like, ``aw, never mind! Calm down,'' he said; weird; I always felt George was kind of a heavy, a tough guy, a wise guy, but he had a soft spot for Lenny; that was his only redeeming characteristic, and George kills that when he kills Lenny. So I think George likely goes on to a life of crime and ends up unredeemable himself, in prison. Lenny was like the good side of George, the happy, spiritual side, the side that was pure love. Lenny was, like, too good for this world. He only wanted to love and be loved.

Criterion did the version that's on HBO Max now; I don't know why they don't release it; maybe due to the sound being bad at times? I don't know. Lon Chaney was an excellent actor, yes. This shows it and even his small part in The Defiant Ones is superb.

Don't u dare compare Gone with the wind with mice n men. I can honestly say with sincerity mice n men WINS hands down.

​@@nancyfernandes367I don't think they are comparing the movies. They are just saying IF it hadn't been for GWTW being in the running then Of mice and men would have stood a chance. So many people were fawning over GWTW back then and still are today too and GWTW won. It was an epic movie for sure but not my cup of tea. I am not a fan of GWTW at all. And I tell you, people will take offence if we say that we don't like GWTW. 😂 but there's people like us who would have prefered this movie to have won and the actors win awards too.

I guess you never saw the Twilight Zone or Rocky

I thought Gary Sinise and John Malkovich created the difinitive version until I saw Lon Chaney Jr and Burgess Meredith, and it only took me the "rabbit" scene to convince me. Lon Chaney Jr was the stuff!

I like this version better. B/W makes it better.

@@verasmith4767 always

Damn 50 years ago

Why does he smile so often at the inappropriate time?

In 1962. 🏅

It blew u away. I felt my heart break into pieces.

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Now you can read about how fabulous a sex change would be for you.

@@user-pj3gx5ot9wNot yet.

Same here. Recently finished Pastures of Heaven. It was excellent. Travels with Charley is one of my faves. The old film version of Wayward Bus is really good as well, but i think this one still tops it. Gotta love Steinbeck.

We're in worse times now, and with loneliness, loneliness for some people is not of any set time and place

We used to say ' tell me again 'bout the rabbits , George ' to make fun of one of our friends for being goofy

He was born in 1906 ...

I grew up with the Gary sinise one and might still prefer that one.

I prefer Original 1939 version since it wonderfully captures the victims of unfortunate circumstances with wonderful performances with wonderful score and wonderful direction.

Lol did you search out this film just to leave this comment? Or did you actually watch it

@@gracie1312 I left my comment about never seeing the movie a few days before this video was published, when it was just a notification with a clickable link, but no video to watch. I'm a subscriber to the channel and get notifications of all releases ahead of release. This movie has been on my mental watch list for decades, so I was happy to see it was soon to be released on this channel. I started watching it a few days ago, and liked the first 30 minutes, but could sense it was going to be a heartbreaker and felt I needed to put off finishing it until I was more ready for it. I also felt it was a movie I'd like to watch with someone else, rather than by myself. My dad was 18 years old when this was released, and I assume he originally saw it in a theater, which would have been a few months after graduating from high school.

What an IGNORANT comment! Comparing one cherry-picked example to 50+ years of modern cinema! If you can't find good films, that's on you, you fool. There's plenty of garbage old films and plenty of great new cinema

What was truly unique about the film was that the black character was not a cartoonish bufoon like in most movies of that era. Very unusual for the time.

Well said 👌

Try Twilight Zone😅

Not a bit actually - according to normal distribution theory half the population is below average intelligence just like it was back then.

Of course we sympathize with Lenny. He is pure-spirited, clean-minded goodness. George is a heavy; caring for Lenny being his only redeeming action.

@@quickchris10 what do you mean his only redeeming action? George is a nice man. He is just strict on Lennie since Lennie has the tendency to get into trouble although in an unintentional fashion.

@@josephpendleton4927 I said the example of him being rude to the bus driver; you give me an example of his being nice, outside of his kindness to Lenny on taking care of him. I don't begrudge how he has to be strict with Lenny, I mean we are only shown an arrogant person other than how he cares for Lenny. Now that Lenny is gone, he will become a criminal and end up imprisoned. I mean, killing Lenny is as criminal an act as them killing Fredo in "the Godfather." In every scene, George displays his arrogant attitude. He is not nice at all. How is he "nice?"

@@quickchris10 George is a straightforward character. He asked a straight forward question. The driver tries to change the subject with a different response. So George gets a bit rough on him. George gets along well with Slim (Charles Bickford), Candy, and couple of others. It isn't George who gets in trouble with others. It is Lenny who does although it is usually unintentional.

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Yes

Great to read that! 😉

@kenpressley8420 SO they say ...esp the 2 authors of the massive MOTION PICTURE GUIDE from the 80s, takes half a yard of shelf. Was it Nash & Ross. Constantly they bring it up.

I've seen this movie several times and I agree.