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Burgess Meredith as George is adequate, but Lon Chaney, Jr. as Lennie is a too-conventional half-wit, even to the throaty voice and harsh r's. The bit parts are the heart of the movie, and from start to finish are woven into powerful moods of pity, despair, and humility...
Burgess Meredith as George, Lon Chaney, Jr. as Lennie, and Betty Field as Mae, give an emotionally high-strung performance without ever falling into sentimentality or affectation. An exceptionally successful use of sound effects and close-ups occasionally stretches the nerves of the audience to the breaking point. But it is not these technical niceties, not even the heartfelt acting, which make "Of Mice And Men" a great picture. It is its bare-faced simplicity, its unpretentions conception of the relations between mind and man, between man and annual. For once, the movie industry has gone...
...Mice and Men (Lon Chaney Jr., Burgess Meredith, Betty Field; TIME...
...Mice and Men (Lon Chaney Jr., Burgess Meredith, Betty Field; TIME...
...Mice and Men (Lon Chaney Jr., Burgess Meredith, Betty Field; TIME...