Tag Archives: John Garfield

Lana Turner Day

Today is the Lana Turner Blog-a-thon – if you didn’t know already. Definitely go check out all of these well-written insightful essays – I’ve been having a lot of fun reading them. Here is Flickhead’s post. I liked this part: … Continue reading

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Under-Rated Movies #6: Four Daughters (1938); Dir. Michael Curtiz

6. Four Daughters Here is another nearly-forgotten film (even though at the time it was nominated for Oscars left and right). It was directed by Hungarian-born Michael Curtiz, the man responsible, naturally, for such little-known art-house films as The Sea … Continue reading

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The Books: “Awake and Sing” (Clifford Odets)

Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: Another Clifford Odets play – Awake and Sing Unlike Waiting for Lefty which is a series of vignettes, culminating in the taxi strike when all the different strands come together … Awake and Sing … Continue reading

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Morris Carnovsky On the Brink

Dead Reckoning borders on camp, but it is not Humphrey Bogart’s fault. In the midst of the camp, and in the midst of the almost laughably silly last scene, he remains truthful. He gives an affecting performance. This is the … Continue reading

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