Academy Awards, USA 1947
| Nominated Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Franz Waxman |
Warner Bros.
Directed by Jean Negulesco
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
John Garfield gets a violin instead of a baseball bat for his seventh birthday, much to the displeasure of his practical father, a grocery store proprietor in New York City. Garfield grows up to prove him wrong, becoming a world-famous violinist after much hard work. He gets help from wealthy patroness of the arts Joan Crawford, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship. Garfield and Crawford constantly trade shots at each other, much like Garfield's more familiar boxing persona. She eventually gets a divorce from her husband, but can't live with the fact that music will always be more important to him, leading to an overwrought finale. Crawford is at the height of her beauty here, mature, sensitive, even when playing an alcoholic, and is luminously photographed by Ernest Haller. Garfield even manages to convince as a violinist, with some nifty trickery to make it appear he is actually playing.
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