25+ John Garfield Humoresque

The screenplay by clifford odets and zachary gold was based upon the 1919 short story humoresque by fannie hurst which previously was made into a film in 1920.

John garfield humoresque. The arrest of ghislaine maxwell 60 minutes australia duration. Direction cinematography acting screenplay and soundtrack all work together at a high intensity level. Directed by jean negulesco. Forever a noir that featured john garfield as a petty criminal who bilks but then falls in love with a rich widow geraldine fitzgerald. Garfield is paul boray a single mindedly ambitious concert pianist whose road to fame and glory is both aided and. With joan crawford john garfield oscar levant j. A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy neurotic socialite.

His other credits that year were three strangers an offbeat noir with lorre greenstreet and fitzgerald as joint holders of a sweepstakes ticket and humoresque a. Humoresque was one of the big post war films of the forties one of those special films where absolutely everything works. Humoresque is a 1946 american melodrama film by warner bros. Starring joan crawford and john garfield in an older woman younger man tale about a violinist and his patroness. It is arguably the best film by director jean neguelsco and stars joan crawford and john garfield.