Of Mice and Men (1939 film) Lennie, most notably in the final cartoon featuring Screwy Squirrel. Of Mice and Men (1939 film) Of Mice and Men is a 1939 American drama film based on the 1937 play based on the novella of the same title by American author John Steinbeck, and starring Burgess Meredith, Betty Field and Lon Chaney Jr. The supporting cast features Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele and Noah Beery Jr. The film tells the story of two men, George and his mentally-challenged partner Lennie, trying to survive during the dustbowl of the 1930s and pursuing a dream of owning their own ranch,
Catalyst (novel) to the periodic table of elements. The Book Report's Roberta O'Hara liked Kate's inner struggles, describing them as "realistic". Catalyst (novel) Catalyst is a 2002 novel by Laurie Halse Anderson about a senior named Kate Malone. Teenreads.com put "Catalyst" on its Ultimate Teen Reading List. It is set in the same fictional setting of Anderson's previous novel "Speak". The book tells the story of Kate Malone, a preacher's daughter and high school student who is excellent in chemistry and aspires to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but faces multiple tragic situations, ranging from rejection by MIT, to her neighbor