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Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir sports drama directed by Robert Rossen and starring John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, and William Conrad. [5] The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky is partly based on the 1939 film Golden Boy. [6]
Body and Soul, an aviation drama starring Charles Farrell and Humphrey Bogart; Body and Soul, a boxing-themed film noir starring John Garfield; Body and Soul, a remake of the 1947 film, starring Leon Isaac Kennedy and Jayne Kennedy; Body and Soul, another remake of the 1947 film, starring Ray Mancini
The following is a list of American films released in 1947. Gentleman's Agreement won Best Picture at the ... Body and Soul: Robert Rossen: John Garfield, Lilli ...
Garfield made two films with Enterprise: Body and Soul (1947) and Force of Evil (1948). Other productions include Arch of Triumph (1948), starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer; and Caught (1949), directed by Max Ophüls and starring James Mason and Barbara Bel Geddes.
Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 – October 26, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Body and Soul but in the early 1950s was blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios after refusing to testify at congressional hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the midst ...
He received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Four Daughters (1938) and Body and Soul (1947). Called to testify before the U.S. Congressional House Committee on Un-American Activities , he denied communist affiliation and refused to "name names", effectively ending his film career.
A short career as a film actor followed, his most significant appearance being in the classic boxing film Body and Soul (1947) with John Garfield, in which he played the role of Shorty Pulaski. Before turning to film, he served in the Signal Corps in World War II, then did more time on stage.
On November 9, 1947, Frank Sinatra recorded "Body and Soul" with jazz trumpet player Bobby Hackett and a large orchestra arranged and conducted by Alex Stordahl for Columbia Records. This recording was held back until June 1949, when it was one of the eight recordings on Sinatra's fourth Columbia album, Frankly Sentimental. Since then, two ...