John Garfield & Priscilla Lane in Dust Be My Destiny Warner Bros 1947

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John Garfield - Priscilla Lane  in "Dust Be My Destiny"    Warner Bros re-released 1947
.  Lobby card 11 x 14  is in good condition!!!!  minor wear around the edges
It's common knowledge that Warner Bros. liked to pigeonhole its strongest performers, then drive them into the ground as they churned out what often amounted to easily-digested genre films. They did it to Bogart, they did it to Cagney, and they tried to do it to Garfield. But it was Garfield who steadfastly refused to play the Hollywood game, almost from the beginning. Today, Dust Be My Destiny is probably best remembered as the picture that caused Garfield to protest the Warner Bros. assembly line, even though his suspension by the higher-ups cost him a considerable amount of money. But he was happy to play tennis while the studio's writers cooked up a role for him that wasn't set, even partially, in a penitentiary. It would be the first of several suspensions that he would endure during his relatively brief career.
John Garfield (March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class characters. He grew up in poverty in Depression-era New York City and in the early 1930s became an important member of the Group Theater. In 1937, he moved to Hollywood, eventually becoming one of Warner Bros. major stars. Called to testify before the U.S. Congressional House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), he denied Communist affiliation and refused to "name names," effectively ending his film career. Some have claimed that the stress of this incident led to his premature death at 39 from a heart attack. Garfield is acknowledged as a predecessor of such Method actors as Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, and James Dean.
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