REMEMBERING JOHN GARFIELD

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, September 30, 1989

SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS (6-2-47) “Saturday Children” starring John Garfield, Jane Wyman and Michael Raffetto in a radio version of the 1940 Warn Brothers film. Garfield recreates his screen role in the Depression story about a young inventor who is trick( into marriage by his boss’s daughter. Cast includes Jim Backus. Lady Esther Products, CBS. (13:20; 15:3E

ACADEMY AWARD (10-16-46) “Blood on the Sun starring John Garfield in the role James Cagney brought to the screen in the 1945 United Artists release The story, set in Japan in the 1930s, predicts trouble in the years ahead. Cast features Howard McNear, Jeff Chandler. House of Squibb, CBS. (14:48; 12:46)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (12-31-45) “Pride of the Marines” starring John Garfield, Eleanor Parker and Dane Clark recreating their original screen roles fro the 1945 Warner Brothers film. This is the story of World War II Marine who was blinded during the battle of Guadalcanal and his return to home. William Keighley is producer. Lux Soap, CBS. (17:40; 20:4 21:40)

SUSPENSE (11-4-48) “Death Sentence” starring John Garfield as a private investigator who nabs a killer and gets a $15,000 reward. Auto Lite, CBS. (8:55; 20:55).

OUR SPECIAL GUEST will be Nostalgia Digest columnist and film buff BOB KOLOSOSKI who will be on hand to discuss the film career of John Garfield.