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New York native John Garfield was a tough kid who grew up to often play the tough guy in movies. He worked with the infamous Busby Berkeley, and later with Victor Fleming, Howard Hawks and Elia Kazan. He starred with Lana Turner in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and with Gregory Peck in "Gentleman's Agreement." John was among the many in Hollywood who were targets of the HUAC hearings in the 1940's for supposed Communist connections. John stood his ground, and refused to cooperate with the committee on these unfounded charges, a brave stand which, unfortunately, negatively effected his career but kept his honor intact.
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John Garfield grew up in the streets of New York, clashing with both the police and neighborhood gangs until a debating contest won him a scholarship that launched him into drama. After a stretch in New York theater, Warner Bros. beckoned in 1938 and a brilliant film career was born.
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Synopsis: John Garfield, in the best performance of his career, portrays Joe Morse, an ambitious attorney who has long since abandoned his scruples in favor of monetary reward. Morse now represents the interests of crime boss Ben Tucker (Roy Roberts), who plans to take over the numbers racket in New York.Read More
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Before Marlon Brando, before James Dean, and before Paul Newman, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino there was John Garfield, an actor of intensity and sensitivity who embodied the rebel/antihero character. In fact, he was the first actor to consistently play such roles on screen, beginning his career over a decade before Brando. For Garfield the rebel/antihero role was more than a method of acting: he was a New York City street kid who keenly understood his characters' motivation. While no profound political thinker, he was a man of deep emotion and intense loyalty, and his progressive/left-wing contacts made him a target of the Hollywood witch-hunts of the McCarthy era. In his films Garfield represented the socially underprivileged, the common man who clashed with the system. He showed ambition and hard work; he was sensual and strong and exhibited a certain vulnerability.
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John has an unusual sense of humor and enjoys acting a little bit crazy or outlandish sometimes. Garfield craves excitement and emotional freedom and he likes to break the rules and take risks. Anything new or untried appeals to Garfield and he has little patience for restrictive customs. John Garfield is attracted to unusual, creative, or offbeat people and nontraditional lifestyles and relationships.
Garfield marks the long-awaited motion picture debut of America's favorite feline - and the world's laziest cat. The live action/cgi is adapted from the syndicated cartoon strip read in 2600 newspapers by 260 million readers around the globe. Bill Murray provides the voice of Garfield.
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