Nobody Lives Forever(Warner Bros.) (1946)

New Personality For Warner Star In Film At Strand Geraldine Fitzgerald received her first torrid kiss recently during the filming of Warners’ “Nobody Lives Forever” in which she is currently co starring with John Garfield at the Strand. The reference, of course, deals merely with the lady’s record on the screen. Kisses and GeraldineGeraldine Fitzgerald Fitzgerald reMat No. IF main still a matter of pure imagination as regards her private life. And when John Garfield took her in his arms, drew her warmly to him, and apparently made up his mind to be quite oblivious to anything but the matter in hand, Miss Fitzgerald proved to be completely cooperative. The result is that director Jean Negulesco had a kiss exactly like he’d ordered for the scene in the Warner film. It wasn’t that this was the lady’s initiation into osculation. She’s hadlotsof screen kissing, but her previous kisses were aA) of ntehie sweet, pristine, innocent variety. They were kid stuff, like postoffice and John Garfield Mat No. IB spin-the-bottle. It was the same thing with the words the writers had been putting into her mouth, and the clothes that the wardrobe department gave her to wear. Then suddenly with the start of “Nobody Lives Forever” director Negulesco got an idea. A hunch. He was right. He found out that Geraldine Fitzgerald had legs. And he fixed things so that she could show them—in another scene in the film where she is on the beach. Then he decided the actress could undoubtedly kiss, too. Now it’s a known fact that grips make a tough audience. But they whistled and _ wolfcalled when John kissed Geraldine. In New Drama Still No. FE. 35 FAYE EMERSON is seen in an important featured role in Warner Bros.’ new film drama, "Nobody Lives Forever," which co-stars John Garfield and Geraldine Fitzgerald at the Strand Theatre. MAT No. IK Geraldine Fitzgerald Kediscovered In Film After five years, Hollywood has discovered that Ger aldine Fitzgerald has legs. It would seem from time-honored precedent dating back a quarter of a century to the old-time Mack Sennett bathing beauties that this should have been one of the very first matters to be determined when Miss Fitzgerald arrived to start her screen career, but there was never the merest mention. Apparently the only explanation is that in bringing their new player to Hollywood from the Irish Gate Theatre and the London and New York stage, her studio simply assumed that mentioning legs, much less asking her to display them, simply wouldn’t be good form to one of such austere background. So it was that Miss Fitzgerald’s legs were utilized only as a means of locomotion, until she was cast opposite John Garfield in Warner Bros.’ “Nobody Lives Forever,” currently playing at the Strand Theatre. When W. R. Burnett, author of “Little Caesar’ and a score of other hits, turned in the seript for one of the most important sequences in the picture, a series of scenes with Garfield and Miss Fitzgerald bathing at Laguna beach, there was quite some concern. Robert Buckner, the producer, and Jean Negulesco, the director, conferred. They decided they had better make a test of Miss Fitzgerald in a bathing suit. They got the surprise of their lives. They ordered Burnett to amplify and extend the sequence. And now the studio, which heretofore has always cast her in stark drama, is most seriously considering putting her into a musical comedy. Everybody is exceedingly pleased about the discovery. Of course, it was no news at all to Miss Fitzgerald herself that she had legs. She’s known it ever since she was fifteen. At that time she went to the hospital for a minor operation on her throat. And just as she was drowsily succumbing to the ether, a young interne entered the room, whistled and said to the nursg: “Say, she’s really got a nice pair of pins, hasn’t she?” Works Before, Not Behind Camera, In New Warner Drama Phil Stern, many-times decorated combat photographer in the European war front, who recently resumed as a Life lensman after his honorable discharge, found himself back in his army uniform for a role in Warner Bros.’ “Nobody Lives Forever,” the John GarfieldGeraldine Fitzgerald starring film currently at the Strand. Stern, a frequent visitor on the set on behalf of his own screen story, “Ranger’s Return,” a half interest in which he had sold to Walter Brennan, who is featured in the film, was drafted for an acting role by director Jean Negulesco. Waits 3 Years For First Acting Break Sammy Shack, who has been John Garfield's stand-in for the past three years, got in front of the cameras for the first time filming of Warner Bros." "Nobody Lives Forever," in which Garfield is currently costarring at the Strand. Director Jean Negulesco gave Shack a small part as an eastern beer baron. during the Ex-Finance Expert — Adds Up To Success Walter Brennan, who. plays an important featured role in Warner Bros.’ "Nobody Lives For ever," the John Garfield-Geraldine Fitzgerald starring film now at the Strand, was a financial reporter in his early youth in Boston. To hear the actor supposedly stumbling over foreign dialects, one has difficulty believing he is actually a master in explaining the intricacies of debentures, preferred stocks, and mortgage amortizations. Director Seeking Doll’s House Runs Into Blank Wall It was a matter of years since Jean Negulesco had been to Laguna, and when he went down there recently on locaiton to direct Warner Bros.’ “Nobody Lives Forever,’’ the John GarfieldGeraldine Fitzgerald starring film now atthe Strand, he remembered that one of the best eating places was the Doll’s Walter Brennan Mat No. IA House. The director invited the two stars to dine with him, and they started off for the place. But Jean had to ask a couple of sailors if they could tell him where it was. One of the sailors glared at him and said: “Buddy, do I look ‘as if I’d know where the Doll’s House is?” Still No. 634-133 A GUN BATTLE between John Garfield and an unseen adversary takes place as Geraldine Fitzgerald makes a futile effort to prevent it, all of which makes for a furious climax in Warner Bros.’ new film drama, "Nobody Lives Forever," now at the Strand. MAT No. IH Still No. 634-344 TEAMED FOR ACTION are John Garfield and Geraldine Fitzgerald (above) who head the cast of Warner Bros.’ thrilling new drama of love and adventure, "Nobody Lives Forever,'' coming to the Strand on Friday. Others featured in the film are Walter Brennan,» Faye Emerson, George Coulouris and George Tobias. MAT No. 2C Aids In Mission’s Walnut Harvest By Patronizing Kids John Garfield, who is currently co-starring with Geraldine Fitzgerald in Warner Bros.’ “Nobody Lives Forever” at the Strand, believes in encouraging children to help themselves. The star recently returned from location at San Juan Capistrano where the company went to film the historic exterior and interior of the world-renowned Mission. The little Mission village lives chiefly by marketing its walnut crop. To encourage thrift and industry among their children, the growers give every child one free sack for every twenty sacks of walnuts he picks. Johnny solved the children’s problem of marketing by having the rest of the company and himself buy their entire output. Faye Emerson Mat No. ID GI Hero’s Infant Makes Film Debut In Garfield Drama After going to bat for her a “while back when she was evicted from her home, John Garfield once again championed Mrs. Mickey Mansberger, widow of a hero fighter pilot the star met in Italy, when he arranged for Mrs. Mansberger’s one-yearold child to appear in his current film, Warner Bros.’ “Nobody Lives Forever,” in which he co-stars with Geraldine Fitzgerald at the Strand. The tiny tot, Bonnie Lee, was born while her father, Lt. Ralph O. Mansberger, was in the thick of the European campaign, but he did get to see her for six days when he won a furlough. He returned to Italy and was later killed in a raid over Austria. Mrs. Mansberger was on a long list given to Garfield by soldiers at the front who asked him to call their wives when he returned to this country from one of his many overseas wartime trips. “Nobody Lives Forever’ also features Walter Brennan, Faye Emerson, George Coulouris and George Tobias. Star’s Small Son Runs True To Irish Geraldine Fitzgerald, currently co-starring with John Garfield in Warner Bros.’ “Nobody Lives Forever,” at the Strand, has a small son, Michael, four years of age. Young Michael has been officially adopted as mascot of the Coast Guard, stationed at Santa Monica, California, where his mother maintains a beach home. Michael is a great fancier of uniforms, and the easiest way for his mother to make him happy is to dress him as a miniature admiral. Jean Negulesco, who directed his mother in her current picture, met the boy on the set during the film’s production and found cut about his sartorial weakness. He presented the boy with a miniature policeman’s uniform, and a whistle to match! If anyone happens to see a half-pint cop occasionally directing traffic along Santa Monica beach, therefore, be assured it’s a grandson of the Auld Sod of Ireland running true to form. Blood $6 Still No. G.F. 293 GERALDINE FITZGERALD portrays a glamorous widow in Warners’ ''Nobody Lives Forever,"" which co-stars John Garfield at the Strand. MAT No. IG 25