Movies Under the Starts at the LBJ Ranch: The Grapes of Wrath - 6/2

Johnson City, TX:  Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park invites to the public to a free showing of the classic movie, The Grapes of Wrath, on Saturday, June 2, at 8:30 p.m.  It stars Henry Fonda and tells the story of an Oklahoma family who become migrant workers in California after losing their farm in Oklahoma during the Depression of the 1930s.

The film received several Academy Award nominations and wins.  In 1989, this film was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

The movie will be projected onto an 18 by 25 foot outdoor screen that includes a professional sound system.  Everyone should bring their own choice of seating, and picnicking before and during the movie is permitted.

The public can drive on to the LBJ Ranch beginning at 7:00 p.m.  Free parking is available on the taxiway adjacent to the movie site.

President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson often invited friends and neighbors to attend movie showings in their airplane hangar, which also served as a location for press conferences and family gatherings.  The movie will be shown in the area adjacent to the historic hangar.

The next film in the Movies Under the Stars series is Marooned on Saturday, July 14.

For further information and driving directions, please call 830-868-7128, ext. 244.