Word: mgm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Force of Evil (Enterprise; MGM) takes a long, unfavorable look at the numbers racket. Notoriously unprofitable for suckers, the racket also turns out to be unrewarding dramatically. A tough young shyster (John Garfield) gets himself neck-deep in crooked shenanigans. When he tries to repay his older and more honest brother (Thomas Gomez) for past favors, he only succeeds in getting the brother caught in the middle of a gang war. To prove fairly conclusively that the racket doesn't really pay, Garfield's passion for a pretty secretary (Beatrice Pearson) comes to a very...
...MGM will not begin casting until a final agreement with the University is reached, Taylor said. An official decision from University Hall is expected by next week...
...Moritz said last night that he and members of his staff would be willing to go along with MGM plans if the script were suitable...
...Murder at Harvard" 'will deal with the department's activities in assisting the state police in murder cases involving pathological research, Dr. Moritz's speciality. In its strictly factual approach, Taylor said, it will resemble "Boomerang," MGM's successful 1946 courtroom drama...
This Week Magazine gave MGM its original idea for "Murder at Harvard" with an article of the same name in the issue of January...