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Barbara | @

I just ordered some books and dvd's from a "Bargain Book" company John from this website turned me on too. Everything is discounted 60%! I ordered some rare movies like The Helen Morgan Story with Paul Newman and Ann Blyth, which I remember seeing in the theater with my parents as a little kid! There was also a whole collection of film noir dvd's which included The Postman Always Rings Twice. The collection had about 20 films for $30! A pretty good deal, if the dvd's are good quality! I'll let you know!

19 April 2012 - New York

Karen

Bon Voyage, Dennis.. I wish I was going with you. I know it will be a fun time!

Lori and Barbara or should I say Lorraine and Bobbie....funny story!

I also wonder where Lori gets all the time too! She is like Superwoman!

Lu, I see your post from Monday April 16th.

18 April 2012 - Pa

Hi, this is Lu again. My computer is acting weird. When I first logged on, Page 1 had postings that were dated April 13. But now I do see my posting.

18 April 2012 - Bergen County, NJ

Hi, this is Lu. What happened to the posting I left on Monday? I did post something and I am sure it went on the message board but I don't see it here now. This is very strange.

18 April 2012 - Bergen County, NJ

Barbara | @

Wow, so exciting Dennis, have a great trip!.....You are amazing, Lori! I don't know where you get the time and energy to do all this. I still think it's so funny how Lori and I were writing to each other on the FILM NOIR website, and we didn't realize that we were each other. Lori was using her name Lorraine, and I was using my email name Bobbie instead of Barbara. I started saying you should go to this website, when suddenly I put it together and realized it was our "Lori" I was writing to!

18 April 2012 - New York

Dennis | @

I am amazed about the TCM Warners Gangster collection set. John Garfield deserves to be on that boxed set..ABSOLUTELY!!! But this is how it goes with our main star who we love so much. Forgottn, left out, whatever we want to call it, this is what we have to deal with.

I have said for years as I wrote to this Guestbook that Garfield needs to be re-discoveredespecially by modern day audiences. Thats why I brought up recently about starting a John Garfield initiative to make him known to the public. through a movie, mini series. i suggested we contact people who can make a difference. Thas wy i contacted robert nott.

And I wont ever give up as I know Lori and Karen will not.I am leaving for my first cruise Apr 28...a huge opportunity for me. I will get back on this Garfield project when I get back Bye for now!!!

17 April 2012 - Hamburg ny

Karen

I will ask Julie what her choices would be in a boxed set or maybe she can even reply to the site.

You know Warner Brothers released a remastered edition of
Daughters Courageous in 2011 they also called it an Archive Colllection.

Lori I have yet to join in the TCM message board! Sorry.
Your passion about John Garfield is amazing along with your facts and details

17 April 2012 - Pa

Lori | @

Hey Lu. If you want to write your message to Ms.Garfield on this site, I would be happy to copy it to her facebook page if you want me to or Karen could do it since she knows her personally.

Just let one of us know, OK?
Thanks for your kind words to all of us.
I will tell one thing, I am keeping John Garfield's name really alive on the TCM site. I keep waiting for someone to write me and say, "Enough already with John Garfield." I know they won't though, because he has lots of fans over there on TCM. I have introduced him and his films to some people who were a little in the dark regarding Garfield. So the "star recognition is happening slowly, but little by little it is happening.
Lots of people have there own favorites and that is fine. Joel McCrea has lots of passionate fans on the TCM site. I let those fans know that McCrea was a very good actor, but I just hope that when Sullivan's Travels is introduced next month, that someone (Mr.Osborne?) mentions that Preston Sturges got the idea for Sullivan's Travels from listening to Garfield's stories of his adventures when he traveled across the country on the rails.
Just give credit where credit is due, is all I ask.
Thanks

16 April 2012 - Damascus, Oregon

Hi, Lori, this is Lu. I can't post too much today because I am getting ready to tend to some business this afternoon and there was also some health business last week that my husband and I had to deal with, still dealing with but I just wanted to say, sometime during the week, I will list the movies that I think should go in the box set.

I don't go on the computer too much because my house takes up a lot of my time.

But I WILL say that I am NOT surprised that Warner Brothers did not include any of his movies in the set about gangster movies. They don't regard him the way they do other stars which is VERY sad.

Please don't apologize for long postings, Lori. It seems you are very passionate about this situation, thank you for that. And you were the one who started this project in the first place that also Dennis and now Karen and Barbara joined in.

I envy all of you who have Facebook accounts where you seem to have contact with Julie Garfield. I am kind of skeptical to go on it. But I do have this website which I visit every day. Hopefully if I put a message on here for Ms. Garfield, I hope you can relay it to her.

16 April 2012 - Bergen County, NJ

Lori | @

Thank you Karen. I know you and Dennis are working hard too, so thank you. This goal to get John Garfield the recognition he so deserves is kind of my passionate hobby right now and if nothing else I want some company (WB,TCM) to put together a box-set of his films. I still find it really hard to believe that his box-set doesn't exist already! And that TCM doesn't include at least one of his films in their "Gangster" box-sets is quite confusing to me. I mean please, they could include either "Out of the Fog" or Castle on Hudson" in one of those box-sets. The goal really is to send a petition to WB with names of people who want and would purchase a box-set of his films. I have to get a lot more choices from people though but I am working on it. It will take some time and then I have to figure out how to send the petition with an attachment to peoples e-mail for them to type in their name. That is why it would be great if we could get some important names to support us, e.g. Julie Garfield, Robert Nott, Kim Morgan etc.
I usually work on this 3-4 evenings a week when I let my husband watch his "super-hero" movies like Iron Man, The Hulk etc. He has been working so hard I don't mind because he stays out of my hair and I let him enjoy his down time.
So, sorry my posts are always so long! Maybe my husband is right, I talk too much or write too much. I post the question regarding which films Julie Garfield would like to see in a box-set of her father's films on her facebook page, and then on his facebook page and see how many responses I get. Thanks.

13 April 2012 - Damascus, Oregon

Karen

Lori... Your amazing!!!
I ll see what I can find out!.
Funny about the popcorn! :))))

As a WW II film of JG's ...
I love Air Force also

Dennis. Have a great trip!

Lu.. Take care!

All my best to all the JG fans that post here!

12 April 2012 - Pa

Lori | @

Hello, it�s me again. Sorry but I just wanted to let you guys know I have seen another one of Garfield�s film.

This one was �Destination Tokyo.� I rented this one for me and my husband because he loves the old WWII films, and I have never seen the film from beginning to end.
After watching the film I became convinced that Garfield could do comedy and do it very well indeed. The scenes where he describes his encounters with the �dames� are really funny and provide good comic relief in a war film. I love the line �The minute I saw her, I says up periscope,� and then in another scene about another dame he yells to Dane Clark�s character, �She was in the BATHTUB, I was on the PORCH!� Yes he could be very funny and still be the excellent dramatic actor he was known for when a scene called for it.
During the film when the camera was on Dane Clark, I mentioned to my husband that he was known as the �poor mans John Garfield.� Dave, my husband said, �I thought that was John Garfield?� I replied, �NO, you kidding right?� Then he pointed to Robert Hutton and said, �Oh, that�s John Garfield.� I promptly threw some of my popcorn at him. My husband loves to tease me, and sometimes he thinks he is funny. He maybe did not know the name John Garfield four months ago, (he knew his face) but he knows now who John Garfield was. I am little by little increasing Garfield�s recognition starting in my own home.
I wish you all a Happy Easter and Passover.

Thanks, Lori

P.S. I found out a couple of interesting things about the film on the TCM website.
One is that the script was deemed so accurate by the US Navy that they would use the movie as a training aid for new submarine crews.
The other is that Albert Maltz, who scripted this film, became one of the "Hollywood Ten" and was later blacklisted as an unfriendly witness. What?

7 April 2012 - Damascus, Oregon

Lori | @

Hello. I did an informal poll on the TCM message broads requesting people to list which movies of John Garfield they would like see in a box-set. Combining those results with all of yours here are the preliminary results of which of his films got the most votes.
1. The Postman Always Rings Twice
2. Body and Soul
3. Force of Evil
4. He Ran All The Way
Many people thought he should have a two volume box-set so here are the next most popular choices.
5. The Breaking Point
6. The Pride of Marines
7. They Made Me a Criminal
8. Four Daughters.

I also found out that Warner Bros now owns MGM films prior to 1966 and they also own RKO, and people have told me you can purchase a WB box-set that has films from other studios.
Lu, John and Rocky still need to give me there choices. I am still collecting more results from TCM, and I plan to ask others from Film Noir Lives Here and I guess I can post the question on his facebook page.

It would be wonderful if I could get Robert Nott�s and Julie Garfield�s choices on which films they would pick for the box-set. Dennis when you have time could you send an e-mail to Robert Nott, and let me know his choices? Hopefully Ms. Garfield will see my question on Garfield�s facebook page or here and give me her choices.

The ultimate goal is to petition (through a letter) WB with our request to finally put together a box-set of John Garfield films. Many people on TCM message broads could not believe he does not have a box-set. I can�t believe it either.

I know that producing a box-set of films has to be a financially sound idea. So the big issue is how do we convince WB that enough people will purchase a box-set of John Garfield films???

7 April 2012 - Damascus, Oregon

Hi, this is Lu. I am sorry that I am not posting that much these days because of some business that has to be taken care of but I assure you that I DO go on this website every day and I also go on TCM every day to see if any John Garfield movies are on.

Boy, Doris Day must really rate and Doris Day is my favorite actress because her birthday was this week and TCM is STILL playing some of her movies.

But I wanted to take the opportunity to wish everyone Happy Easter and Passover and again I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN TRYING TO GET OUR BELOVED STAR REDISCOVERED. It would be wonderful if this happened being his 60th anniversary of his passing is coming up, can you believe, it is 60 years and he would have turned 100 next year if he had lived.

God Bless you, John Garfield, all your family, friends and fans LOVE YOU!!!!!
And thank God for this website!!!!!

6 April 2012 - Bergen County, NJ

Dennis | @

Hello all...I am preparing for my Disney adventure!!!..but always ready to talk John Garfield!!..I have am ready to take that next step ith all of our contacts have been made...My jJohn Garfield box set would include an opening 10 minute description from Robert Nott which is on the Under My skin DVD and is truly excellent...a grea7 intorduction about Garfields life....my films in the set would be his very first Four Daughters..which set the Garfield persona for the rest of his career..number 2 would be The Fallen Sparrow..a great Garfield performance...3 would be the tremendous movie Pride Of The Marines..4 is Body and Soul..my favortie boxing movie ever..and i end it with The Breaking Point...Garfield is just fantastic in this role!!!...and for kicks I would put the 4 minute gag number rom Thank Your Lucky stars with Eddie Cantor at the end of the box set as Garfield sing Blues In The Night...a real funny number...Thats my Box Set!!

5 April 2012 - Hamburg NY

Karen

A JG boxed film set.
I vote for Pride of the Marines, They Made me a Criminal, Body and Soul, Force of Evil, The Postman Always Rings Twice, He Ran All the Way
But
Problem is ....the films I picked are from MGM , Warners Brothers and United Artist.

Your thoughts?

Dennis.... I know you must be busy with your new job!

5 April 2012 - Pa

Lori | @

Hello everyone. Lu, I know I have seen John Garfield�s niece post on his facebook page,

I have some updates, and a few new ideas to move us closer to our goal.
First though you will be happy to know that after I posted last Sunday regarding that person who wrote that Garfield�s career wasn�t destroyed by HUAC, many people on the TCM message broad have come to his defense and agreed with me that indeed his film career and life was destroyed by HUAC.
Update:
I haven�t heard yet from the two people I contacted (Osborne and Morgan) but it hasn�t been that long, so I am still hopeful.
I thought maybe Leonard Maltin might be a good contact, so I will send him an e-mail.
Also I have tickets to �The Road to Hollywood� that TCM is doing, and Ben Mankiewicz will be hosting it on April 5th. So if the opportunity arises I�ll see if I can ask for his support and / or ideas or why he thinks John Garfield doesn�t have a box-set of his films.
I am still working on that article for that classic movie blog, title of my piece �John Garfield, The Forgotten Actor.� I will let you know if the site posts my piece.

I posted a new YouTube video on Garfield on his facebook page that is really haunting and beautiful. It is set to the theme song (instrumental) of Midnight Cowboy. I complemented the person who made the video and let him know I posted on John Garfield�s facebook page and he wrote back that he was very touched that I did that. Check it out it is really beautiful.
Thanks

1 April 2012 - Damascus, Oregon

Karen

Lu
JG s younger brother passed away in 1996
If you can get the book He Ran All the Way
There usually on Amazon or Ebay for sale.
Not sure you ll find one in the local library.

1 April 2012 - Pa

Hi, this is Lu. When I first discovered this website, we had talked a lot about information on John Garfield and we wondered about several things.

As I mentioned, I am not a member of Facebook so I can't ask Ms. Garfield certain questions. I hope you don't mind me asking this since you are ALL working VERY HARD to get our BELOVED star rediscovered. But I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask.

We had wondered about her niece and nephew, her brother's children. How old they are and what they are doing now and what are their names. And also I read in the Body And Soul book that her father had a younger brother, Max but I read they called him Mike. Is he still alive? I was just wondering. It would be nice to know.

28 March 2012 - Bergen County, NJ

Hi, this is Lu. I am SO THRILLED with all the great postings I am reading today. I usually don't look at this website on weekends because I am usually very busy. But WHAT A DIFFERENCE between Friday and today. IT IS WONDERFUL and to ACTUALLY see Julie Garfield's name on this website, I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING AND READING.

Ms. Garfield, I hope you can post here more often since as I stated previously, I am hesitant to open an account and go on Facebook. I felt the same way when you contacted me via this website when I was in the process of moving and had just discovered this WONDERFUL website.

Again I want to THANK ALL OF YOU for ALL your hard work to get our BELOVED star John Garfield rediscovered!!!!!

THANK YOU1!!!!!

26 March 2012 - Bergen County, NJ

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