The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876
Tobacco Road (1941)
Hillbilly family farm life in 1941 rural Georgia
Sabotage (1939)
Following a small towns aircraft plant closure amid sabotage, a young man stands accused of the crime The young mans father comes to his rescue and starts an investigation of his own to clear his son