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Post by mattgarth on Aug 7, 2019 0:18:44 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD
A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid'
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Post by ellynmacg on Aug 7, 2019 2:18:20 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD
A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid' Q. QUOTE - [on his past associations with "progressive" causes] "Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, 'Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties', or 'Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios because of their political beliefs', I would sign because it was a right cause in which I believed."
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Post by alfromni on Aug 7, 2019 2:21:34 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD
A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid' Q. QUOTE - [on his past associations with "progressive" causes] "Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, 'Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties', or 'Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios because of their political beliefs', I would sign because it was a right cause in which I believed." R. ROBERTA Seidman - His spouse
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Post by ellynmacg on Aug 7, 2019 4:14:29 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD
A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid' Q. QUOTE - [on his past associations with "progressive" causes] "Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, 'Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties', or 'Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios because of their political beliefs', I would sign because it was a right cause in which I believed." R. ROBERTA Seidman - His spouse S. SATURDAY'S CHILDREN - 1940 release in which he played Rims Rosson.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 7, 2019 4:22:46 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD
A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid' Q. QUOTE - [on his past associations with "progressive" causes] "Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, 'Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties', or 'Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios because of their political beliefs', I would sign because it was a right cause in which I believed." R. ROBERTA Seidman - His spouse S. SATURDAY'S CHILDREN - 1940 release in which he played Rims Rosson. T. TESTIFIED before Congress during the McCarthy Era that he was never a Communist but his ability to get work declined.
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 7, 2019 4:39:49 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD
A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid' Q. QUOTE - [on his past associations with "progressive" causes] "Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, 'Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties', or 'Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios because of their political beliefs', I would sign because it was a right cause in which I believed." R. ROBERTA Seidman - His spouse S. SATURDAY'S CHILDREN - 1940 release in which he played Rims Rosson. T. TESTIFIED before Congress during the McCarthy Era that he was never a Communist but his ability to get work declined. U. UKRAINE - Location (current) that his parents immigrated from in the early 20th Century.
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Post by alfromni on Aug 7, 2019 5:08:17 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD
A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid' Q. QUOTE - [on his past associations with "progressive" causes] "Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, 'Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties', or 'Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios because of their political beliefs', I would sign because it was a right cause in which I believed." R. ROBERTA Seidman - His spouse S. SATURDAY'S CHILDREN - 1940 release in which he played Rims Rosson. T. TESTIFIED before Congress during the McCarthy Era that he was never a Communist but his ability to get work declined. U. UKRAINE - Location (current) that his parents immigrated from in the early 20th Century. V. VARIETY Obituary stated "John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle, March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters."
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Post by ellynmacg on Aug 7, 2019 5:19:47 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD
A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid' Q. QUOTE - [on his past associations with "progressive" causes] "Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, 'Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties', or 'Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios because of their political beliefs', I would sign because it was a right cause in which I believed." R. ROBERTA Seidman - His spouse S. SATURDAY'S CHILDREN - 1940 release in which he played Rims Rosson. T. TESTIFIED before Congress during the McCarthy Era that he was never a Communist but his ability to get work declined. U. UKRAINE - Location (current) that his parents immigrated from in the early 20th Century. V. VARIETY Obituary stated "John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle, March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters." W. WE WERE STRANGERS - 1949 movie in which he portrayed Tony Fenner
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Post by alfromni on Aug 7, 2019 5:29:35 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid' Q. QUOTE - [on his past associations with "progressive" causes] "Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, 'Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties', or 'Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios because of their political beliefs', I would sign because it was a right cause in which I believed." R. ROBERTA Seidman - His spouse S. SATURDAY'S CHILDREN - 1940 release in which he played Rims Rosson. T. TESTIFIED before Congress during the McCarthy Era that he was never a Communist but his ability to get work declined. U. UKRAINE - Location (current) that his parents immigrated from in the early 20th Century. V. VARIETY Obituary stated "John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle, March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters." W. WE WERE STRANGERS - 1949 movie in which he portrayed Tony Fenner X. XAVIER Cugat - one of the many stars who donated their services at the Hollywood Canteen created by John Garfield and Bette Davis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Canteen
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Post by ellynmacg on Aug 7, 2019 13:19:56 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid' Q. QUOTE - [on his past associations with "progressive" causes] "Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, 'Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties', or 'Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios because of their political beliefs', I would sign because it was a right cause in which I believed." R. ROBERTA Seidman - His spouse S. SATURDAY'S CHILDREN - 1940 release in which he played Rims Rosson. T. TESTIFIED before Congress during the McCarthy Era that he was never a Communist but his ability to get work declined. U. UKRAINE - Location (current) that his parents immigrated from in the early 20th Century. V. VARIETY Obituary stated "John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle, March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters." W. WE WERE STRANGERS - 1949 movie in which he portrayed Tony Fenner X. XAVIER Cugat - one of the many stars who donated their services at the Hollywood Canteen created by John Garfield and Bette Davis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_CanteenY. YOUNG - Aged 26 when he was first nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting, for Four Daughters), he was only 39 when he died.
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Post by alfromni on Aug 7, 2019 15:47:56 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: JOHN GARFIELD
A. AIR FORCE - 1943 film in which he played aerial gunner Joe Winocki B. Beaver - Actor Jim Beaver wrote a book about his life and films C. CLOTHES / CANTOR - His father was a clothes presser and part-time cantor. D. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE - 1941 film in which he portrayed Dr. Michael Lewis E. ELMER Rice - whose play "Counsellor-at-Law" was produced at the New York theater, and in which Garfield appeared as an office boy. F-1. His FUNERAL was mobbed by thousands of fans, in the largest funeral attendance for an actor since Rudolph Valentino. F-2. FOUR DAUGHTERS - His first feature-length film (1938), in which he played the moody, pessimistic musician Mickey Borden (and stole the picture from the leading man, Jeffrey Lynn) G. GARFINKLE - his birth name was Jacob Julius Garfinkle H. HANNAH Garfinkle - His mother I. IRENE - Was producer IRENE Mayer Selznick's first choice to play Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire." J. JACK Warner - responsible for a change of name to John Garfield. K. KILIAN, Victor - appeared with him in DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) L. LOPEZ - Gabriel Lopez was his role in DAUGHTERS CORAGEOUS (1939) M. MICKEY Borden - THe role he played in his first movie "Four Daughters". N. "NOBODY LIVES FOREVER" where he played NICK Blake O. OSCAR nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters in 1939 and Best Actor for Body and Soul in 1948. P. PRIDE OF THE MARINES -- his riveting 1945 Performance as real life blinded Guadalcanal decorated Leatherneck 'Al Schmid' Q. QUOTE - [on his past associations with "progressive" causes] "Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, 'Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties', or 'Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios because of their political beliefs', I would sign because it was a right cause in which I believed." R. ROBERTA Seidman - His spouse S. SATURDAY'S CHILDREN - 1940 release in which he played Rims Rosson. T. TESTIFIED before Congress during the McCarthy Era that he was never a Communist but his ability to get work declined. U. UKRAINE - Location (current) that his parents immigrated from in the early 20th Century. V. VARIETY Obituary stated "John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle, March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters." W. WE WERE STRANGERS - 1949 movie in which he portrayed Tony Fenner X. XAVIER Cugat - one of the many stars who donated their services at the Hollywood Canteen created by John Garfield and Bette Davis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Canteen Y. YOUNG - Aged 26 when he was first nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting, for Four Daughters), he was only 39 when he died. Z. ZERO - Though his wife had been a member of the Communist Party, there was zero evidence that Garfield himself was ever a communist.
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Post by ellynmacg on Aug 8, 2019 14:29:14 GMT
Al, thank you for rounding out our A-Z on John Garfield--your "Z" is an excellent entry! But you didn't apparently leave any instructions for whichever poster follows you. May we assume it's UFG? (By someone other than me, of course, since I started the one on JG.)
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Post by alfromni on Aug 8, 2019 14:43:08 GMT
Apologies... UFG!
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 8, 2019 14:46:33 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z : JAMES STEWART (his day at TCM's 'Summer of the Stars' yesterday) ____________________________________________________________________
A. AFTER the Thin Man -- 'David Graham' in the second of the 'Nick and Nora Charles' series at MGM (and what a surprise)
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Post by alfromni on Aug 8, 2019 15:38:59 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z : JAMES STEWART (his day at TCM's 'Summer of the Stars' yesterday) ____________________________________________________________________
A. AFTER the Thin Man -- 'David Graham' in the second of the 'Nick and Nora Charles' series at MGM (and what a surprise) B. BRIGADIER-General - Rank attained in USAF
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 8, 2019 15:44:26 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z : JAMES STEWART (his day at TCM's 'Summer of the Stars' yesterday) ____________________________________________________________________
A. AFTER the Thin Man -- 'David Graham' in the second of the 'Nick and Nora Charles' series at MGM (and what a surprise) B. BRIGADIER-General - Rank attained in USAF C. CAPRA, Frank -- the Filmmaker who made him into a superstar
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Post by alfromni on Aug 8, 2019 15:58:52 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z : JAMES STEWART (his day at TCM's 'Summer of the Stars' yesterday) ____________________________________________________________________
A. AFTER the Thin Man -- 'David Graham' in the second of the 'Nick and Nora Charles' series at MGM (and what a surprise) B. BRIGADIER-General - Rank attained in USAF C. CAPRA, Frank -- the Filmmaker who made him into a superstar D. DESTRY/DIETRICH - Appeared with Marlene Dietrich in "Destry Rides Again".
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 8, 2019 16:16:20 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z : JAMES STEWART (his day at TCM's 'Summer of the Stars' yesterday) ____________________________________________________________________
A. AFTER the Thin Man -- 'David Graham' in the second of the 'Nick and Nora Charles' series at MGM (and what a surprise) B. BRIGADIER-General - Rank attained in USAF C. CAPRA, Frank -- the Filmmaker who made him into a superstar D. DESTRY/DIETRICH - Appeared with Marlene Dietrich in "Destry Rides Again". E. 'ERASMUS Leaf' - his son played by Billy Mumy in DEAR BRIGITTE
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Post by alfromni on Aug 8, 2019 16:24:50 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z : JAMES STEWART (his day at TCM's 'Summer of the Stars' yesterday) ____________________________________________________________________
A. AFTER the Thin Man -- 'David Graham' in the second of the 'Nick and Nora Charles' series at MGM (and what a surprise) B. BRIGADIER-General - Rank attained in USAF C. CAPRA, Frank -- the Filmmaker who made him into a superstar D. DESTRY/DIETRICH - Appeared with Marlene Dietrich in "Destry Rides Again". E. 'ERASMUS Leaf' - his son played by Billy Mumy in DEAR BRIGITTE F. FOREST Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California - HIs resting place.
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 8, 2019 17:02:25 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z : JAMES STEWART (his day at TCM's 'Summer of the Stars' yesterday) ____________________________________________________________________
A. AFTER the Thin Man -- 'David Graham' in the second of the 'Nick and Nora Charles' series at MGM (and what a surprise) B. BRIGADIER-General - Rank attained in USAF C. CAPRA, Frank -- the Filmmaker who made him into a superstar D. DESTRY/DIETRICH - Appeared with Marlene Dietrich in "Destry Rides Again". E. 'ERASMUS Leaf' - his son played by Billy Mumy in DEAR BRIGITTE F. FOREST Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California - His resting place. G. GLORIA Hatrick -- his longtime spouse of 45 happy years together
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