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John Garfield was born Jacob Julius Garfinkle on the 4th March 1913 in New York, US. the son of poor Jewish immigrants from New York's Lower-East-Side ghettos. Poverty was the norm there, and life was tough. Young Garfield's juvenile delinquent tendencies landed him in a special school for problem children. Still, it was almost inevitable that he would get involved with neighborhood street gangs. He may have remained on those streets struggling to survive, had Garfield not had a special gift for debate, a talent that won him a state-wide contest sponsored by the New York Times.
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Intro, B&W, credits, etc The story begins at the world championship fight and Johnnie Bradfield (John Garfield) is the new champ. Later that night, a snoopy reporter named Magee gets a scoop that will ruin Johnny's image to the public that loves him. Johnny's tries to punch him, but KO's himself because he is so drunk. And the manager hits him with a bottle and kills him by accident. But he is quick to blame Johnnie and then run off in Johhnie's car, with his girl Goldie, and all the money. But wait - instant karma - their getaway car gets chased by the cops and then the manger and Goldie crash into a tree, burst in flames, and die . There's more - they think the dead body of the manager is Johnnie Bradfield, the main suspect in the killing of the reporter Magee.
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Spencer Tracy, John Garfield, Hedy Lamarr, Akim Tamiroff and Frank Morgan star in this delightful Steinbeck tale about a group of carefree Pizono's living on the Monterey coast. The excellent adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel features Tracy and Tamiroff as two ne'er-do-wells constantly in search of a free meal and some wine to wash it down. Garfield is an eager young man who considers himself wealthy after inheriting two homes located on Tortilla Flat. Proud of his new status, Garfield allows Tracy and his friends to move into one of the homes with him. But when Garfield becomes attracted to his new neighbor Lamarr, his friends begin to annoy him.
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According to this made-for-cable documentary, stage and film star John Garfield set the standard for naturalistic acting that blazed the trail for such future "method" types as Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro. Lovingly narrated by Garfield's actress daughter, Julie Garfield, the film details the early childhood of Julius Garfinkel in the mean streets of New York, his fascination with acting, his absorption into the influential Group Theatre, and his ultimate journey to Hollywood, where as John Garfield, he earned an Oscar nomination for his first starring feature film, Four Daughters. From there, Garfield's star continued to ascend, unaffected by his internal battles with the studio bosses and his many marital infidelities. Yet for all his fame and fortune on the silver screen, Garfield was frustrated at being typecast as a "tough guy," yearning for more substantial, three-dimensional roles. With rare exceptions, such roles would elude him in Hollywood, compelling him to return to New York at the height of his movie popularity to star in Clifford Odets' Broadway hit The Big Knife -- ironically the story of a movie idol who had "sold out." Though extremely liberal in his politics, Garfield was never a Communist, but this didn't stop him from being persecuted by the HUAC in the late '40s, which led to his being blacklisted in Hollywood.
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John Garfield was born in New York as Jacob Jules Garfinkel. When he signed with Warner Brothers - they changed it to John Garfield. In 1938 - he was big news for his role as Mickey Borden in Four Daughters. In 1939 - Garfiled made SIX movies. He was a very hot property. Later, Garfield was a major subject in the Communist Witch Hunts.
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Jacob Garfinkle (John Garfield) was born in New York City on 4th March, 1913. His father, a clothes-presser, was a immigrant from Russia (Ukraine). The family lived in extreme poverty and after the death of his mother in 1920 Garfield was brought up by relatives.
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