Topic: John Garfield

Book reviews: He Ran All the Way, The Life of John Garfield, by Robert Nott

Helium - 468 days ago
John Garfield was the screen's first antihero. The Life of John Garfield" (2003, Limelight Editions, 354 pages), author Robert Nott contends Garfield is now a forgotten actor mainly due to his heart attack at age 39 in 1952 and having only ...

Film Noir, Part 2

hubPage - 487 days ago
1946, directed by Howard Hawks, first film version of a novel written by Raymond Chandler. Starring Humphrey Bogart, as detective Philip Marlowe, and Lauren Bacall. After the meet, the detective is waylaid by his client's eldest daughter, Mrs. Vivian Rutledge (Lauren ...

Body and Soul

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 916 days ago
Body and Soul, American dramatic film, released in 1947, that highlighted the seedy underbelly of the boxing industry. Although Body and Soul is not ostensibly a crime film, gangsters figure prominently in the rise and fall of the hero, Charlie Davis (played ...

The silver stage

guardian.co.uk - 1221 days ago
it was that process which, in the 1930s, led to the break-up of a radical ensemble such as the Group Theatre when John Garfield, Clifford Odets and many others were lured by the prospect of Californian gold. Its version of Powell and ...

Job losses: Axe falls on 70 staff at broker John Charcol

guardian.co.uk - 1320 days ago
Britain's best-known mortgage broker is shedding 25% of its workforce and closing three offices as the downturn in the property market continues to bite.The broker, John Charcol, also said chief executive Ian Kennedy had left the company. He has been ...