#abraham polonsky

[gdacb]

Force of Evil (Abraham Polonsky, 1948)

#force of evil #abraham polonsky #john garfield

[rachelmygod]

Force of evil (Abraham Polonsky, 1948)

#force of evil #abraham polonsky #noir #1948 #john garfield

[gatutor]

Katharine Ross "El valle del fugitivo" (Tell them Willie Boy is here) 1969, de Abraham Polonsky.

#Katharine Ross #Abraham Polonsky

[johngarfieldtribute]

Art is Universal! (23rd post on foreign movie posters

FORCE OF EVIL is one of Julie’s best remembered performances and a Scorsese favorite. Pictured above is such colorful DVD cover art from Spain!

And some trippy and colorful art from the U. S.

Nitty gritty from Italy.

Spain uses art from one of the U. S. Posters referencing Garfield putting his BODY AND SOUL into this one.

VHS cover art from Finland.

Love the stylistic U. S. poster above even though Julie isn’t pictured.

DVD art from France shows the turmoil Julie’s character registers on his face.

And this publicity photo shows just the opposite.

EVERY- really, EVERYTHING about this film is so stylistic. I can't attest for just how different it was at the time of its release, but all the elements had to be groundbreaking.

The combination of the brilliant presentation from first time director, Abraham Polonsky, the can't take your eyes off it cinematography from George Barnes, the cutting dialogue, the environmental still photography by Arnold Newman, alongside Julie’s amazing performance was operating on all cylinders.

Speaking about the talents mentioned above, here’s a photo taken by Newman on Wall Street of Julie with the director, cinematographer, and a cameraman.

#john garfield #force of evil #international movie posters #Abraham polonsky

[davidhudson]

Abraham Polonsky, December 5, 1910 – October 26, 1999.

#abraham polonsky #cinema #film #movies #movie posters #movie poster

[bens-things]

Force of Evil (1948) dir. Abraham Polonsky

#Force of Evil #Abraham Polonsky #movie night

[byneddiedingo]

John Garfield in Force of Evil (Abraham Polonsky, 1948)

Cast: John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Beatrice Pearson, Howland Chamberlain, Roy Roberts, Marie Windsor, Paul Fix, Barry Kelley, Paul McVeigh, Stanley Prager. Screenplay: Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert, based on a novel by Ira Wolfert. Cinematography: George Barnes. Art direction: Richard Day. Film editing: Art Seid. Music: David Raksin.

John Garfield was one of the few movie stars who could play leading man to Joan Crawford and Lana Turner, and then turn around and appear in a gritty drama like Force of Evil without letting his star power outshine the supporting cast of character actors and unknowns. In Abraham Polonsky's film, he's a lawyer connected to the big players in the numbers racket, an illegal lottery that flourished before the legal ones took over. Joe Morse is torn in two directions: his work for the gangster Ben Tucker (Roy Roberts), who wants to take over the numbers game from the smaller "banks" that work in New York City neighborhoods, and his ties to his brother, Leo (Thomas Gomez), who runs one of those banks. The numbers, posted in the daily newspapers, are based on the amount of bets placed on a day's horse races. Theoretically, the trio of numbers -- the last digits in the amount -- should be completely random. But Tucker has discovered a way to rig the numbers so that they'll come up 776 on Independence Day -- a day when a lot of bettors choose that number -- thereby causing a lot of the banks to go bust. When Joe learns of the scheme, he tries to tip off Leo, but his brother is having none of it. Joe also becomes involved with one of Leo's employees, Doris Lowry (Beatrice Pearson), who is grateful to Leo for having given her a job when she first came to New York, but now wishes to quit the shady business. Pearson, who made her debut in the film but gave up movies for the stage, is a fresh and engaging presence, making the "love interest" feel less obligatory than it might. Garfield, of course, is terrific in one of his best roles, striking the right note of moral corruption while still retaining an essential attractiveness. George Barnes's cinematography is superb, whether he's working with Richard Day's sets or New York City locations. There's a haunting shot of Joe Morse in a deserted Wall Street, and the film's emotional climax is Joe's descent to the river beneath the George Washington Bridge to find where his brother's body has been dumped. Force of Evil is a downer, but a surprising one, and it makes one feel all the more bitter about the damage that the blacklist did to Polonsky and to Garfield, whose persecution by the commie-hunters may have contributed to his early death.

#Force of Evil #Abraham Polonsky #John Garfield

[videostorewonderland]

FORCE OF EVIL (1948) Dir. Abraham Polonsky

#force of evil #40s cinema #abraham polonsky

[mycinematheque]

#abraham polonsky #1969 #1960s #usa #Universal Pictures #western #escape #romance #crime

[filmgifs]

Beatrice Pearson and John Garfield in FORCE OF EVIL | 1948 | Abraham Polonsky

#force of evil #1940s #drama #gif #helen #filmedit #usermichi #userelissa #henricavyll #classicfilmblr #oldhollywoodedit #userfilm #dailyflicks #thriller

[lindadarnell]

John Garfield and Beatrice Pearson in FORCE OF EVIL | 1948 | Abraham Polonsky

#force of evil #filmedit #oldhollywoodedit #usermichi #userelissa #henricavyll #ritahayworrth #classicfilmblr #john garfield #beatrice pearson #noirvember #~ #*foe

[classicfilmsource]

FORCE OF EVIL 1948 | Abraham Polonsky

#force of evil #oldhollywoodedit #filmedit #henricavyll #usermichi #userelissa #classicfilmblr #dailyflicks #bbelcher #cinemapix #doyouevenfilm #ours #gifs #by helen #1940s

[gatutor]

Susan Clark-Robert Redford "El valle del fugitivo" (Tell them Willie Boy is here) 1969, de Abraham Polonsky.

#Susan Clark #Robert Redford #Abraham Polonsky

[oldshowbiz]

Seaway (1965-1966) was a Canadian television series created, written, and produced by Americans who were blacklisted in the United States at the time.

Among those involved in Seaway were Abraham Polonsky, Ring Lardner Jr., and Paul Jarrico.

With above average production values, moody photography, groovy music, and good pacing, Seaway is unfairly obscure. It has not rerun in Canada in nearly 50 years, but it does air on Australian TV once a day.

#canada #canadian #blacklist #mccarthyism

[drzito]

Las 211 peliculas que he visto en 2022 (parte 1)

En negrita las que os recomiendo:

1. El sexto sentido (Nemesio Manuel Sobrevila, 1929)

2. El pan nuestro de cada día (King Vidor, 1934)

3. Luna Nueva (Howard Hawks, 1940)

4. Un sueño americano (King Vidor, 1944).

5. Breve encuentro (David Lean, 1945)

6. El capitán Kidd (Rowland V. Lee, 1945)

7. Lazos humanos (Elia Kazan, 1945)

8. La bella y la bestia (Jean Cocteau, 1946)

9. Domador de sirenas (Irving Pichel, 1948)

10. La fuerza del destino (Abraham Polonsky, 1948)

11. Nunca la olvidare (George Stevens, 1948)

12. Vida en sombras (Lorenzo Llobet Gracia, 1949)

13. Milagro en Milan (Vittorio de Sica, 1951)

14. Umberto D (Vittorio de Sica, 1952)

15. Valkoinen peura [El reno blanco] (Erik Blomberg, 1952)

16. El salario del miedo (H G Clouzot, 1953)

17. La loba (Alberto Lattuada, 1953)

18. Los apuros de un pequeño tren (Charles Crichton, 1953)

19. Tarantula (Jack Arnold, 1955)

20. El ferroviario (Pietro Germi, 1956).

21. La mala semilla (Mervyn LeRoy, 1956).

22. De dode tjern [El lago de los muertos] (Kåre Bergstrøm, 1958)

23. Cover Girl Killer (Terry Bishop, 1959)

24. Horror en el Museo Negro (Arthur Crabtree, 1959).

25. Beat Girl (Edmond T. Gréville, 1960)

26. El hotel de los horrores (John Moxley, 1960)

27. La sangre seca (Yoshishige Yoshida, 1960)

28. Macario (Robert Gavaldon, 1960)

29. Marea nocturna (Curtis Harrington, 1961)

30. El poder de la mafia (Alberto Lattuada, 1962)

31. Historias de terror (Roger Corman, 1962)

32. Vida para Ruth (Basil Dearden, 1962)

33. El demonio (Brunello Rondi, 1963).

34. El especulador (Vittorio de Sica, 1963)

35. Las tres caras del miedo (Mario Bava, 1963)

36. The small world of Sammy Lee (Ken Hughes, 1963)

37. El extraño viaje (Fernando Fernan-Gomez, 1964)

38. La mujer de la arena (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)

39. Los corceles de fuego (Sergei Parajanov, 1964)

40. España insólita (Javier Aguirre, 1965)

41. El ojo del diablo (J Lee Thompson, 1966)  

42. Kriminal (Umberto Lenzi, 1966)

43. Las Brujas (Cyril Frankel, 1966)

44. El desconocido de Shandigor (Jean-Louis Roy, 1967)

45. Corrupción (Robert Hartford-Davis, 1968)

46. La maldicion del altar rojo (Vernon Sewell, 1968)

47. Mr Freedom (William Klein, 1968)

48. Satanik (Piero Vivarelli, 1968)

49. Un día tranquilo en el campo (Elio Petri, 1968)

50. Queimada! (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1969)

51. Ya soy una mujer (David Greene, 1969)

52. 4 moscas sobre terciopelo gris (Dario Argento, 1970)

53. El martillo de las brujas (Otakar Vavra, 1970)

54. Lokis. Rekopis profesora Wittembacha [Lokis. El manuscrito del Profesor Wittembach] (Janusz Majewski, 1970)

55. Valerie y su semana de las maravillas (Jaromil Jireš, 1970)

56. Bahía de sangre (Mario Bava, 1971).

57. La maldición de los Bishop (John D Hancock, 1971)

58. Angustia de silencio (Lucio Fulci, 1972)

59. Lejos de los arboles (Jacinto Esteva, 1972).

60. San Francisco, ciudad desnuda (Stuart Rosenberg, 1973)

61. Torso: Violencia Carnal (Sergio Martino, 1973)

62. Sintomas (Jose Ramon Larraz, 1974)

63. Trastornado (Alan Ormsby y Jeff Gillen, 1974)

64. Blue Moon (Louis Malle, 1975)

65. El quimérico inquilino (Roman Polanski, 1976)

66. God told me to (Larry Cohen, 1976)

67. Foes (John Coats, 1977)

68. La centinela (Michael Winner, 1977)

69. La ultima ola (Peter Weir, 1977)

70. El dinero de los demás (Christian de Chalonge, 1978)

71. Cristo se paro en Eboli (Francesco Rosi, 1979)

72. La hipótesis de un cuadro robado (Raul Ruiz, 1979)

73. Profecía maldita (John Frankenheimer, 1979)

74. Impacto (Brian de Palma, 1981)

75. Vida/Perra (Javier Aguirre, 1982)

76. Los jueces de la ley (Peter Hyams, 1983)

77. Ojos de fuego (Avery Crounse, 1983)

78. 1,2,3... Splash (Ron Howard, 1984)

79. Los santos inocentes (Mario Camus, 1984).

80. Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984)

81. Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon, 1985)

82. 007: Alta tensión (John Glen, 1987)

83. El príncipe de las tinieblas (John Carpenter, 1987)

84. Walker (Alex Cox, 1987)

85. La tumba de las luciérnagas (Isao Takahata, 1988)

86. The Dreaming (Mario Andreacchio, 1988)

87. Un lugar llamado Milagro (Robert Redford, 1988)

88. Celia (Ann Turner, 1989)

89. Cuando fuimos brujas (Nietzchka Keene, 1990)

90. Temblores (Ron Underwood, 1990)

91. Clearcut (Ryszard Bugajski, 1991)

92. Mississippi Masala (Mira Nair, 1991)

93. Un lugar en el mundo (Adolfo Aristarain, 1992)

94. Anchoress (Chris Newby, 1993)

95. Dark Waters (Mariano Baino, 1993)

96. Lo que queda del día (James Ivory, 1993)

97. Lazos Ardientes (The Wachowskis, 1996)

98. Nubes pasajeras (Aki Kaurismaki, 1996)

99. Una gran noche (Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott, 1996)

100. Salvar al soldado Ryan, (Steven Spielberg, 1998).

101. CQ (Roman Coppola, 2001)

102. Funny ha ha (Andrew Bujalski, 2002)

103. Hotel (Jessica Hausner, 2004)

104. Noroi (Kôji Shiraishi, 2005)

105. The Dark (John Fawcett, 2005)

[citizenscreen]

John Garfield and Thomas Gomez in Abraham Polonsky’s FORCE OF EVIL (1948).

#john garfield #thomas gomez