Some Well-Connected Movies
The Grapes of Wrath

A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
1940
John Ford
director
How Green Was My Valley
At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
1941
Donald Crisp
actor
John Ford
director
Philip Dunne
writer
The Valley of Decision

Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the ...
1945
Donald Crisp
actor
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
1949
John Ford
director
The Robe

In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
1953
Philip Dunne
writer