Burning Bright is a 1950 novella by John Steinbeck written as an experiment with producing a play in novel format.
 Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions as would be expected in a play, Steinbeck fleshes out the scenes with details of both the characters and the environment.
 The intention was to allow the play to be read by the non-theatrical reader while still allowing the dialogue to be lifted and performed with little adaptation by acting companies.
 While Steinbeck could see that providing little information in the way of physical description or stage direction allowed the director and actors greater freedom and scope for imaginative interpretation, he weighed this against the benefit of making the players aware of the author's intent and making the play accessible to the general reader.
Winchester '73 is a 1950 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea and Stephen McNally.
 Written by Borden Chase and Robert L. Richards, the film is about the journey of a prized rifle from one ill-fated owner to another and a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive.
 The movie features early film performances by Rock Hudson as an American Indian, Tony Curtis, and James Best.
 The film received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Best Written American Western.
 This is the first Western film collaboration between Anthony Mann and James Stewart.
 It was filmed in black and white.
Apes of Wrath is a 1959 animated short featuring Bugs Bunny.
 This cartoon recycles the plot from the previous animated short "Gorilla My Dreams" (1948).
 The title is a parody of John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath".
Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard, October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television.
 With appearances in more than one hundred major motion pictures spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath", for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Disney's musical family film, "Mary Poppins".
 Darwell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The John Steinbeck House at 16250 Greenwood Lane in Monte Sereno, California, was the home of author John Steinbeck from 1936 to 1938.
 The house was built in 1936 for Steinbeck and his wife, Carol.
 While living in the house, Steinbeck wrote "The Grapes of Wrath" and completed "Of Mice and Men".
 The Steinbecks added a guest house to the property after the house's completion; renowned actors, literary agents, and friends of the Steinbecks stayed in the guest house while visiting the couple.
 In 1938, the Steinbecks left the house, as they felt that its location was no longer as secluded as it had been two years earlier.
Dorris Estelle Bowdon (December 27, 1914 – August 9, 2005) was an American actress, best known for her role as "Rosasharn" in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath", starring Henry Fonda.
To a God Unknown is a novel by John Steinbeck, first published in 1933.
 The book was Steinbeck's third novel (after his unsuccessful "Cup of Gold").
 Steinbeck found "To a God Unknown" extremely difficult to write; taking him roughly five years to complete , the novella proved more time-consuming than either "East of Eden" or "The Grapes of Wrath", Steinbeck's longest novels.
The Grapes of Wrath is a 1940 drama film directed by John Ford.
 It was based on John Steinbeck's 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name.
 The screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson and the executive producer was Darryl F. Zanuck.
Redwood Forest Trail is a 1950 American Western film directed by Philip Ford and written by Bradford Ropes.
 The film stars Rex Allen, Jeff Donnell, Carl Switzer, Jane Darwell, Marten Lamont and Pierre Watkin.
 The film was released on September 18, 1950, by Republic Pictures.
Stephen C. Sillett (born March 19, 1968) is an American botanist specializing in old growth forest canopies.
 As the first scientist to enter the redwood forest canopy, he pioneered new methods for climbing, exploring, and studying tall trees.
 Sillett has climbed many of the world’s tallest trees to study the plant and animal life residing in their crowns and is generally recognized as an authority on tall trees, especially redwoods ("Sequoia sempervirens").
 He is the first Kenneth L. Fisher Chair in Redwood Forest Ecology for the Department of Biological Sciences at Humboldt State University.
 He is featured in Richard Preston's "New York Times" best seller "The Wild Trees", as well as in academic journals, general interest magazines, and nature television programs.
 He lives in Arcata, California, with wife Marie Antoine, a botanist and fellow forest canopy research scientist.

Question: Which American actress of stage, film, and television starred in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" and the 1950 American Western film "Redwood Forest Trail?"
Answer: Jane Darwell