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Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir sports drama directed by Robert Rossen and starring John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, and William Conrad. [5] The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky is partly based on the 1939 film Golden Boy. [6] With cinematography by James Wong Howe, the film is considered by some to be one of the best films about boxing. [7] [8] It is also a ...
Oct 29, 2019 · The film is a perfect pairing with 1954’s On the Waterfront. There is a ton in common here with the characters, settings, the poetic interludes between protagonist (Brando/Garfield) and girl (Eva Marie Saint/Marie Windsor) and there’s even the allegorical political HUAC stuff back and forth from Polonsky and Kazan. This film is extremely anti-capitalist and well-done in its execution of ...
Nov 30, 2018 · Today, Garfield is probably best known for the films he produced independently, after his contract at Warners expired, particularly two films bearing the mark of Abraham Polonsky, “Body and Soul ...
Nov 1, 2022 · John Garfield never wanted to be a movie star. He was a creature of the Great Depression whose early life included familial neglect and riding the rails reciting “The Raven” for his supper ...
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Oct 28, 1999 · After a debut credit for collaboration on the script for “Golden Earrings” in 1947, Polonsky found real success with the John Garfield boxing film “Body and Soul.”
Force of Evil DIRECTED BY: Abraham Polonsky. WRITTEN BY: Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert. WITH: John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Howland Chamberlin. 1948. 78 min. USA. B&W. English. DCP. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation with funding provided by The Hobson /Lucas Family Foundation. DCP courtesy of The Film Foundation Conservation Collection at the ...
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Oct 29, 1999 · Mr. Polonsky's best-known film, the noirish John Garfield vehicle "Force of Evil" (1948), features the crooked-lawyer hero (Garfield) redeeming himself by hunting down the thugs who killed his ...
