The Life and Times of John Garfield / The Postman Always Rings Twice / USA 1946
Celebrated in a number of film versions, James M. Cain’s controversial novel attracted the attention of major studios immediately after its publication in 1934. The rights were ultimately acquired by MGM, which nevertheless had to wait a decade before the censors relaxed. Cast alongside the exquisite Lana Turner was John Garfield, whose seven-year contract with Warner Bros. was coming to an end. Shortly after the Second World War came a film noir par excellence, featuring a cast headed by a darkly charismatic antihero, a drifter who succumbs to the charms of a femme fatale and agrees to a radical proposal to remove the impediment to their all-consuming passion. Frank Chambers and Cora Smith are still considered one of the most magnetic on-screen couples of all time.
Karel Och
113 min / Black & white, 35 mm
Director Tay Garnett
/ Screenplay Harry Ruskin, Niven Busch
/ Dir. of Photography Sidney Wagner
/ Music George Bassman
/ Sound Douglas Shearer
/ Editor George White
/ Art Director Randall Duell, Cedric Gibbons
/ Producer Carey Wilson
/ Production Loew's
/ Cast John Garfield, Lana Turner, Cecil Kellaway
/ Sales Park Circus Group
Tay Garnett (1894, Los Angeles – 1977, Sawtelle, Los Angeles). Selected filmography: China Seas (1935), Seven Sinners (1940), Bataan (1943), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), The Fireball (1950), Challenge to Be Free (1975).
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