Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men is a novella written by author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States. Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences working alongside migrant farm workers as a teenager in the 1910s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in "The Grapes of Wrath"). The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a
Lennie Niehaus "Straw Dogs" and "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" by Sam Peckinpah, the comedy "The Bad News Bears" or the horror film "Demon Seed." Since Fielding’s death, Lennie has been a leading film composer in his own right; he always does his own orchestrating for his scores. In films Lennie never forgets his jazz roots. The story of the 1984 film "City Heat" was cast in the 1930s, so he wrote jazz of that period using people like altoist Marshal Royal. Bill Perkins came in and played like Lester. He had a jazz violinist who sounded like Stephane Grappelli.