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They Made Me a Criminal (Warner Bros.) is not, despite its title, a picture about unhappy gangsters. It is a straight forward story of regeneration by fresh air and pure love. Johnnie (John Garfield), a middleweight prize fighter suspected of murder, of which he is innocent rather by good luck than good management, runs away to an Arizona date farm, where he encounters Gloria Dickson and the Dead End kids. Result: he is transformed from a mean-tempered hooligan into a model of good behavior...
Hailed as the No. i male cinema discov ery of 1938 for his performance as Mickey Borden in Four Daughters, Actor John Garfield is a blunt-featured young product of New York City's East Side and The Bronx. A problem child, he was sent at twelve to a school run by Angelo Patri, who allowed him to concentrate on dram atics and English...
...Head '41, of Columbia, Missouri; Frederick W. Heckel 3d '39, of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; Lawrence B. Heller '40, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Edwin Hewitt '40, of Chicago; William H. Hinton '41, of Putney, Vermont; Sherman Hoar '40, of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Enno R. Hobbing '40, of Reading, Pennsylvania; Garfield H. Born '40, of Elk Grove, California; R. Stuart Hoyt '40, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; William C. Hurtt '40, of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania; Ward MacL. Hussey '40, of Chicago; Humphrey G. Hutchinson '41, of Maryville, Tennessee...
...indefinable and intangible something commonly called "mood": here a sentimental, nostalgic mood comprehensive enough to include both joy and sorrow. This is also because it includes unusually moving and sympathetic performances from all of the principals, most of whom are newcomers to featured parts. Particularly outstanding is John Garfield's portrayal of the self-pitying, cynical Mickey and his dramatic triumph in the blood-chilling suicide scene...
Four Daughters (John Garfield, Priscilla Lane; TIME...