{"product_id":"body-and-soul-larry-swindell-9781626546158","title":"Body and Soul: The Story of John Garfield","description":"Follow the Turbulent Life of a Hollywood Original\u003cp\u003e\"I believe the more successful an actor becomes, the more chances he should take. An actor never stops learning.\" John Garfield \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore there was Brando and James Dean, there was John Garfield. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, young Jacob Julius Garfinkle's talent and charisma carried him from membership in some of the Bronx's toughest street gangs to the boards of the prestigious American Laboratory Theater. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs mercurial as he was talented, Garfield chafed at what he deemed \"unfair\" casting choices in New York and headed west to Hollywood, scoring an Academy Award nomination for his very first film role. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrong-willed, and with a gambler's bravado, Garfield was one of the first Hollywood stars to buck the studio system and start his own independent production company before being caught up in the career-jeopardizing web of McCarthyism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Larry Swindell tells the tortured tale of this cult movie icon, whose incredible talent and turbulent lifestyle made his tragically short life so compelling decades after his death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is also available from Echo Point Books as a hardcover (ISBN 1626546126).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in related titles from Larry Swindell will also want to see: \u003cem\u003eCharles Boyer\u003c\/em\u003e (ISBN: 162654610X), \u003cem\u003eScrewball\u003c\/em\u003e (ISBN: 1626546258), \u003cem\u003eSpencer Tracy: A Biography\u003c\/em\u003e (ISBN: 1626548072), \u003cem\u003eThe Last Hero\u003c\/em\u003e (ISBN: 1626545642).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Swindell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1626546150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626546158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d","brand":"Larry Swindell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984710533375,"sku":"9781626546158","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d4fa7af-bdb4-48b7-b9a1-68ed4f99004c.jpg?v=1683273814","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/body-and-soul-larry-swindell-9781626546158","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}