- Unbridled "realism!" defying every tradition of the screen !
- JOHN STEINBECK'S SENSATION! (original print ad - all caps)
- Hollywood said it never could be made!
- Powerful in its grim human appeal!
- SHE WAS TROUBLE - ALL SET ON A TRIGGER! (print ad - Lubbock Evening Journal - Arcadia Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - June 12, 1947 - all caps)
- Strange schemes of happiness, shaped by an even stranger pair...a dream they fought a world of men to bring within their grasp...and then came Mae...yearning for the thing that is every woman's birthright...INNOCENTLY...in one blinding flash...she shattered their lifelong dream of joy! (Print Ad- Philadelphia Inquirer, ((Philadelphia, Penna.)) 10 January 1940)
- I'm Lennie "Guys like us is the lonesomest guys in the world...George says just because I'm strong as a horse he's got to take care of me, or I'll get into a mess o' trouble...Curley's wife was lonesome, too...kept hangin' around until that day she asked me to pet her soft smooth hair...she screamed...I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO A BAD THING!" (Print Ad-Spokesman-Review, ((Spokane, Wash.)) 6 February 1940)
- "The Best Laid Schemes OF MICE AND MEN oft Go Astray" (Print Ad- Philadelphia Inquirer, ((Philadelphia, Penna.)) 10 January 1940)
- Dangerous. To Herself... And To Men!
- She was made for love... and tragedy.
- A mighty novel! A sensational stage success! Now! The year's most important picture!
- The picture Hollywood said could never be made
- I'm decent I tell you... nobody's got no right to call me names!
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