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 Encyclopedia: John Garfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Garfield was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard.
Involved in liberal politics, Garfield became caught up in the McCarthy Communist scare of the late 1940s and, even though he denied having ever been a Communist, his forced testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee damaged his career and he was fllisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses.
John Garfield was the son of a tailor.
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 John Garfield: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
John Garfield (March 4, 1913 - May 21, 1952) was an American actor.
Born Jacob Julius Garfinkle in New York City (The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center), he was sent to a school for problem children after the early death of his mother.
Garfield has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (additional info and facts about Hollywood Walk of Fame) at 7065 Hollywood Blvd.
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 James Garfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A strong opponent of slavery, Garfield was one of the founders of the Republican Party and in 1859 was elected to the Ohio legislature.
Garfield left the army after he was elected to the 38th Congress and over the next few years became a prominent member of the Radical Republicans.
Garfield opposed the policies of President Andrew Johnson and argued in Congress that Southern plantations should be taken from their owners and divided among the former slaves.
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 President James Garfield: Health & Medical History
After the shooting, Garfield was treated with high maintenance doses of quinine (5 to 10 grains per day) and morphine (one-fourth grain daily), frequent sips of brandy, and a single dose of calomel.
Garfield's original wound was 3.5 inches long, and ended with the bullet lodged in a harmless part of the abdomen.
Garfield, who was severely ill, be transferred to the New Jersey seashore, away from the malarious swamps that reached the backyard of the White House.
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 John Garfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Garfield (born March 4, 1913 in New York City; died May 21, 1952 in New York City) was an American actor.
Garfield was especially adept at playing brooding, rebellious characters and was twice nominted for an academy award (see below).
Garfield graduated to leading roles in films such as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Humoresque and Gentleman's Agreement.
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 John Steinbeck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Ernst Steinbeck III (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was one of the most famous American writers of the 20th century.
Steinbeck was born, of German and Irish descent, to John and Olive Steinbeck in Salinas, California.
John Steinbeck IV was a journalist who shared an Emmy Award for his work during the Vietnam War on "Charley Company".
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 John Garfield, Nobody Lives Forever   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
John Garfield's years in cinema coincided with those of Bogart and Cagney but unlike these two American heroes Garfield was different.
Garfield is on the run from the law in this remake of a Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Garfield is once again locked away in prison, this time as a reporter who is out to take down a crime boss.
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 Humoresque
John Garfield, a brilliant and vastly under-appreciated actor, stars as Boray, and his performance is shaded with nuance and realism not often seen in motion pictures made during the 1940s.
Garfield, primarily a stage actor who appeared in many productions for the controversial Group Theater in the ‘30s, was Hollywood’s first "rebel", and his honest, sensitive performances paved the way for Brando, Clift, and James Dean a decade later.
Because Garfield did not know how to play the violin, he was shown in close-up with the violin tucked under his chin while one violinist {who stood out of view} played the part of his right arm and another violinist {again out of view} played his left.
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 Lively Arts - Movies - Reviews of new Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Garfield did appear in some dogs and he was a long way from being a perfect human being, and Nott isn't afraid to point these things out.
The small, pugnacious Garfield was a better actor than a fighter, which made him gravitate toward the stage, beginning with the then-flourishing Yiddish theatre, eventually with the newly formed Group Theatre, which was spearheaded by Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg and Cheryl Crawford.
Garfield was brought to the Group by Clifford Odets, another struggling young apprentice who later turned to playwriting and achieved fame with such social dramas as Waiting For Lefty and Awake and Sing.
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 Garfield, NJ
In March of 1716 the Township of Saddle River was created and Garfield, which was part of the Township, became famous for the wonderful produce that was raised as a result of the flooding of the river and the rich soil it deposited.
Garfield has very few apartment complexes and most of the housing was single or two family dwellings.
This church was a monument to the devotion and dedication of the Slovak Lutherans of Garfield and surrounding communities.
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 Classic Noir Quiz: John Garfield.
Garfield was rejected for military service because of a heart condition.
John Garfield had a bit part in Footlight Parade.
John Garfield was nominated for Best Actor for his work in Body and Soul.
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 John Garfield
Garfield was a poor student until he came under the influence of one of his teachers, Angelo Patri.
Garfield received excellent reviews for his performances with the Group Theatre and he was offered parts in Hollywood movies and in 1938 signed a seven year contract with Warner Brothers.
Garfield also arranged for the men to be entertained at the Hollywood Canteen by some of the countries leading stars.
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 John Garfield
New York native John Garfield was a tough kid who grew up to often play the tough guy in movies.
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.
www.hollywoodlegends.com /john-garfield.html   (128 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: John Garfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Garfield also endures as a strong sexual presence, particularly in his teaming with Lana Turner in the 1946 adaptation of James M. Cain's steamy The Postman Always Rings Twice, and, a year later, opposite Joan Crawford in Humoresque.
Garfield, who took a lesser role, was primed for a career change when he was approached by Warner Brothers.
Because Garfield had an off-screen reputation as a lothario, and because he died in the bed of a female friend, there have long been rumors regarding details of his death.
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 FORWARD : Arts & Letters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Garfield predates Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, Paul Newman and James Dean — and those actors of the Al Pacino-Robert De Niro generation and beyond — as the screen's original anti-hero.
In three films — "Humoresque" (1946), "Body and Soul" (1947) and "Force of Evil" (1948) —; Garfield is cast as a poor boy who transcends the milieu of his youth and becomes, respectively, a violinist, a boxing champ and a lawyer.
Granted, Garfield was hounded by the committee for his liberal politics and association with the left-liberal Group Theater at the beginning of his career.
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 John Garfield Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Garfield's background as a slum-raised child of immigrants helped contribute to his image as an anti-hero and he excelled at playing tough urban figures in socially conscious dramas such as "Body and Soul" (1947) and "Force of Evil" (1948).
Garfield was more than just an actor who played defiant rebels from the wrong side of the tracks.
Even when subdued, Garfield's appeal threatened to steal the picture, as in "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947), in which he had the supporting role of Gregory Peck's Jewish buddy, a man not sure he has fought in World War II for an America that wants him.
famous_actors.tripod.com /john_garfield.html   (679 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - Biography - John Garfield
American actor John Garfield, when judged by looks and attitude alone, seemed more the pugnacious, defiant urban thug than one of Hollywood's most respected dramatic actors of the '30s and '40s.
As evidence of his popularity, despite the fact that many insiders considered Garfield's personal ways and beliefs a bit radical, the attendance at his funeral in 1952 broke the records set at Rudolph Valentino's funeral.
Afterward, Garfield hit the road and became a freight-train-hopping hobo and transient worker, but by the late 1930s he returned home to join the Group Theater.
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 JOHN A. GARFIELD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
James Garfield was the second president shot in office.
But the device failed because Garfield was placed on a bed with metal springs, and no one thought to move him.
Buried: Garfield Tomb, a truly imposing edifice which sits hidden on an entire hilltop in the otherwise ordinary (but large) Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.
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 Amazon.com: They Made Me a Criminal (1939) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Future superstar, John Garfield, is cast as a boxer on the lam from a (false) murder rap.
The always intense John Garfield stars as a boxer framed for the murder of a newspaper reporter who was about to expose the real story behind his carefully crafted public image.
Garfield is a bad influence on the kids but somehow he is where he belongs.
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 Michigan Historical Marker: John Garfield House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
John Garfield built this house on his 160-acre farm around 1835.
In 1846, John and Elizabeth Cox purchased the house.
When John died in 1859 the property was passed to his married daughter Catherine Lamb and his thirteen-year-old son Ezra.
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 John Garfield --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Garfield, James A. 20th president of the United States (March 4–September 19, 1881), who had the second shortest tenure in presidential history.
He was named John Calvin for his father but dropped the John when he was graduated from college.
The murder of President James Garfield in 1881 is considered a typical...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9344664   (850 words)

  
 MTV.com - Movies - The John Garfield Story
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.
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.
Hounded and tormented by the anti-Red witch hunt of the era, Garfield's health suffered mightily, and by age 39 he was dead.
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 Michigan State Representative John Garfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
State Representative John Garfield was re-elected to the Michigan House in 2004.
Garfield has worked as a carpenter and electrical estimator engineer for Harlan Electric Co. of Southfield.
Garfield served as an Oakland County commissioner for 10 years prior to his election to the House.
www.gophouse.com /Members/GARFIELD/Bio/garfielBBio.htm   (171 words)

  
 John Garfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Garfield appears to be an extra in a fleeting shot in Footlight Parade (1933), made 5 years before his official debut in Four Daughters (1938).
Warner Bros. saw in Garfield the same urbanspawned edginess, pugnaciousness, and cynicism that James Cagney had brought to the studio years earlier.
Garfield was ideally suited to play the amoral drifter who seduces married woman Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), the somewhat glamorized, diluted adaptation of a toughas-nails James M. Cain novel that could have been written with Garfield in mind.
www.movietreasures.com /main/John_Garfield/john_garfield.html   (766 words)

  
 Worst Oscar Snub Submission: John Garfield Never Recieving Any Oscar (Alive or Dead)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
This for me is the biggest snub of all time as he was one of the greatest actors of his generation and possibly of all time and the academys refusal to decorate such a talent is disgusting.
Garfield is now all but forgotten due to the fllist which cut his career short.
John Garfield was one of the best motion picture actors ever - his talents acknowledged by actors no less accomplished than Edward G. Robinson and Spencer Tracy.
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 Barwick, Sir Garfield Edward John --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Australian barrister who was highly regarded for his service to the Australian government as attorney general, foreign minister, and chief justice of the High Court but whose reputation was clouded by the controversy that ensued when his advice led the governor-general to dismiss the Labor government of Gough Whitlam in 1975 (b.
An English author and adventurer, Edward John Trelawny was a friend of the poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron, whom he portrayed brilliantly, if unreliably, in his books.
Garfield, James A. Born in a log cabin, James Abram Garfield rose by his own efforts to become a college president, a major general in the Civil War, a leader in Congress, and finally president of the United States.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9114616   (720 words)

  
 John Garfield - MovieActors.com
John Garfield was born on March 4, 1913 in New York City.
John Garfield passed away on May 21, 1952 in New York, New York from coronary thromosis.
John Garfield is the father of actors David and Julie Garfield.
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 John Garfield Tribute
John Garfield's star arose during the Depression era movies.
After being embittered when he was passed over for the lead in "Golden Boy", he signed a contract with Warner Brothers, where his stage name was changed to John Garfield (though he was always known to his friends as Julie).
John Garfield has a supporting role as an amusing, but brave sailor.
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