#Claude Jarman Jr.

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Claude Jarman Jr.-Gloria Grahame "Sin contemplaciones" (Roughshod) 1949, de Mark Robson.

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Clarence Brown Film Festival in Knoxville, Tenn.: Aug. 16-20

A film festival celebrating the career of director Clarence Brown begins this evening, Wednesday, Aug. 16, and runs through Sunday, Aug. 20, in Knoxville, Tenn. Director Clarence Brown Hosted by the Knox County Public Library, the Clarence Brown Film Festival will feature film screenings and presentations from speakers including Brown’s biographer Gwenda Young, film critic and historian Farran…

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Just the start of his movies ❤️

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Lee Marvin: Still Jacking Off.

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Rio Grande (1950)

dir. John Ford

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Claude Jarman Jr

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This is Clarence's third honorable mention, after Wife vs Secretary and Intruder in the Dust.

This is Greg's fourth honorable mention, after Spellbound, Mirage, and Arabesque.

This is Jane's fourth honorable mention, after Johnny Belinda, The Glass Menagerie, and Miracle in the Rain.

This is Claude's fourth honorable mention, after Intruder in the Dust, Rio Grande, and The Outriders.

Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman and Claude Jarman Jr are The Baxters in The Yearling (1946) with pleasing cinematography by Arthur Arling, Charles Rosher and Leonard Smith, three names of which I am unfamiliar.  The film was directed by Clarence Brown.  His other entries on the New York Times list of the 1,000 Best Films are Anna Christie with Greta Garbo, and another technicolor family film with an animal, National Velvet.

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'The Yearling' (1946)

‘The Yearling’ (1946)

is set in1878 Lake George, Florida and based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. MGM owned the rights to the novel and Clarence Brown director of National Velvet (1944) was chosen as Director of the film. Clarence Brown discovered Claude Jarman Jr lead child actor in the movie after visiting several schools in the south searching for the perfect Jody. The…

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205. Virtude Selvagem (The Yearling, 1946), dir. Clarence Brown

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John Wayne-Maureen O´Hara-Claude Jarman Jr. "Rio Grande" 1950, de John Ford.

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Rio Grande | John Ford | 1950

Harry Carey Jr, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr.

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Intruder In The Dust: A Forgotten Treasure by Raquel Stecher

It only took MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer five minutes to decide he wasn’t going to promote INTRUDER IN THE DUST (’49). According to actor Claude Jarman Jr., who sat down with film historian Donald Bogle for an interview at the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival, once Mayer heard the N-word, he decided he would not promote the film. Jarman said, “[the film] disappeared after a few years but of course MGM did too.”

Several months before Mayer’s decision, William Faulkner’s novel was a hot property that MGM eagerly snapped up. Before INTRUDER IN THE DUST was even published, Selznick International, Universal and Warner Bros. all had their eyes on making a bid. Random House sold the rights to MGM for $50k, leaving the other studios empty handed. Director Clarence Brown, whose long career as a filmmaker was winding down, wanted to make a statement with INTRUDER IN THE DUST. Brown was one of the top directors at MGM and had some recent success with THE YEARLING (‘46), also starring Claude Jarman Jr.

Faulkner’s story was an unusual property for MGM. It was one of four “race movies” released that year including PINKY, HOME OF THE BRAVE and LOST BOUNDARIES. Of the four, film writer Farran Smith Nehme said INTRUDER IN THE DUST “has aged the least. Its location filming, its unvarnished textures and sounds still feel uncannily accurate.” It tells the story of Lucas Beauchamp, a defiant black man who threatens the status quo of a small town’s white community in post-WWII Mississippi. Played by Afro-Puerto Rican actor Juano Hernandez in his first substantial film role, Lucas is accused of murdering a white man and seeks the help of Chick (Claude Jarman Jr.) whose uncle John Gavin Stevens (David Brian) is the town lawyer.

INTRUDER IN THE DUST is simply a brilliant film. It should be recognized alongside celebrated classics like TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (’62) but history has threatened to forget this emotionally powerful and poignant story. Many different ingredients came together to create a winning recipe. First, there was Faulkner’s novel and its erudite observations on life in the deep South. Then there was the decision to film on location in Oxford, Mississippi using locals, even the mayor, as extras. Segregation was still enforced which meant the black actors in the cast, including Hernandez stayed at the home of G.W. Bankhead, the local undertaker for the black community.

Donald Bogle noted that the movie works on various levels. It’s part detective story, murder mystery, coming of age story and character study. It explores race, age and gender dynamics as well as mob mentality. The characters are well-developed and the interplay between Hernandez’ Lucas Beauchamp and Jarman’s Chick is compelling. The early scenes show them in a power struggle as they go back and forth with Chick trying to pay back Lucas for saving his life and Lucas refusing to be just another black man serving a white one. Hernandez delivers a masterful performance as Lucas. 

The decision to tell the story through Chick’s perspective allows the audience to approach the subject matter with a fresh perspective. Lucas tells Chick “You’re not cluttered. You can listen. But a man like your uncle, he ain’t got time. He’s too full of notions.” The same dynamic works with Miss Eunice Habersham (Elizabeth Patterson), the little old white lady who helps solve the mystery and stands guard at the jailhouse door. The mob can’t touch her because of deeply entrenched social norms. She also shows a wisdom that comes with old age when she says to lawyer Stevens “you’re a white man… worst of all you’re a grown white man,” in reference to his inability to fully appreciate Lucas’ case. The most problematic element of the film was Elzie Emanuel’s Aleck, a wide-eyed and confused black teenager. This characterization harkens back to a time when Stepin Fetchit types were the norm in Hollywood.

For the young Claude Jarman Jr., filming INTRUDER IN THE DUST was a learning experience. He said, “Clarence Brown was a hands-on director. If you didn’t understand something he would tell you.” The movie went on to receive critical acclaim, Faulkner himself was quite pleased with the final product and the residents of Oxford, Mississippi, who were hesitant at first, would talk about the production for years to come. The decision not to promote the film meant it wouldn’t get the audience it deserved and it was not a box office hit. Instead, it took decades for INTRUDER IN THE DUST to be rediscovered and appreciated for what it is: a treasure.

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Juano Hernandez with Claude Jarman, Jr. in Clarence Brown’s INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949)

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Golden Age of Hollywood Actors Born Before (And Including) 1936 Still Alive

This only includes actors that had at least one credited role in a Hollywood feature film or short up to 1959.

Elisabeth Waldo (b. 1918)

Caren Marsh Doll (b. 1919)

Patricia Wright (b. 1921)

Jacqueline White (b. 1922)

Annette Warren (b. 1922)

Ray Anthony (b. 1922)

Tommy Dix (b. 1923)

Eva Marie Saint (b. 1924)

Anne Vernon (b. 1924)

Maria Riva (b. 1924)

June Lockhart (b. 1925)

Lee Grant (b. 1925)

Peggy Webber (b. 1925)

Lise Bourdin (b. 1925)

Brigitte Auber (b. 1925)

Kerima (b. 1925)

Terry Kilburn (b. 1926) 

Marilyn Erskine (b. 1926)

Bambi Linn (b. 1926)

David Frankham (b. 1926)

Tommy Morton (b. 1926)

Jill Jarmyn (b. 1926)

Marilyn Knowlden (b. 1926)

Genevieve Page (b. 1927)

Donna Martell (b. 1927)

William Smithers (b. 1927)

Peter Walker (b. 1927)

H.M. Wynant (b. 1927)

Betty Harford (b. 1927)

Cora Sue Collins (b. 1927)

Marilyn Granas (b. 1927)

Ann Blyth (b. 1928)

Nancy Olson (b. 1928)

Peggy Dow (b. 1928)

Earl Holliman (b. 1928)

Kathleen Hughes (b. 1928)

Colleen Townsend (b. 1928)

Marion Ross (b. 1928)

Gaby Rodgers (b. 1928)

Jan Shepard (b. 1928)

Walter Maslow (b. 1928)

Tom Troupe (b. 1928)

Sidney Kibrick (b. 1928)

Garry Watson (b. 1928)

Fay Chaldecott (b. 1928)

Mark Rydell (b. 1929)

Terry Moore (b. 1929)

Vera Miles (b. 1929)

Ann Robinson (b. 1929)

Liseotte Pulver (b. 1929)

James Hong (b. 1929)

Rachel Ames (b. 1929)

Olga James (b. 1929)

Michael Forest (b. 1929)

Vikki Dougan (b. 1929)

Steve Terrell (b. 1929)

Margaret Kerry (b. 1929)

James Congdon (b. 1929)

Betsy Gay (b. 1929)

Jack Betts (b. 1929)

Clint Eastwood (b. 1930)

Joanne Woodward (b. 1930)

Mara Corday (b. 1930)

Nita Talbot (b. 1930)

Taina Elg (b. 1930)

Robert Wagner (b. 1930)

John Astin (b. 1930)

Tommy Cook (b. 1930)

Mary Costa (b. 1930)

Lois Smith (b. 1930)

Will Hutchins (b. 1930)

Peggy King (b. 1930)

Lynn Hamilton (b. 1930)

Don Burnett (b. 1930)

Clark Burroughs (b. 1930)

Robert Hinkle (b. 1930)

Sheila Connolly (b. 1930)

Barbara Bestar (b. 1930)

Rita Moreno (b. 1931)

Leslie Caron (b. 1931)

Carroll Baker (b. 1931)

William Shatner (b. 1931)

Mamie Van Doren (b. 1931)

Robert Colbert (b. 1931)

Barbara Eden (b. 1931)

Angie Dickinson (b. 1931)

Claire Bloom (b. 1931)

Marianne Koch (b. 1931)

Sylvia Lewis (b. 1931)

Carmen De Lavallade (b. 1931)

Zohra Lampert (b. 1931)

Michael Dante (b. 1931)

Ann McCrea (b. 1931)

Jack Grinnage (b. 1931)

Maralou Gray (b. 1931)

Billy Mindy (b. 1931)

Sugar Dawn (b. 1931)

Joanne Arnold (b. 1931)

Joel Grey (b. 1932)

George Chakiris (b. 1932)

Felicia Farr (b. 1932)

Abbe Lane (b. 1932)

Steve Rowland (b. 1932)

Jacqueline Beer (b. 1932)

Colleen Miller (b. 1932)

Joanne Gilbert (b. 1932)

Olive Moorefield (b. 1932)

Neile Adams (b. 1932)

Jacqueline Duval (b. 1932)

Edna May Wonnacott (b. 1932)

Richard Tyler (b. 1932)

Mickey Roth (b. 1932)

Leon Tyler (b. 1932)

Peggy McIntyre (b. 1932)

Christiane Martel (b. 1932)

Elsa Cardenas (b. 1932)

Claude Bessy (b. 1932)

Kim Novak (b. 1933)

Julie Newmar (b. 1933)

Debra Paget (b. 1933)

Constance Towers (b. 1933)

Joan Collins (b. 1933)

Kathleen Nolan (b. 1933)

Brett Halsey (b. 1933)

Robert Fuller (b. 1933)

Pat Crowley (b. 1933)

Barrie Chase (b. 1933)

Jackie Joseph (b. 1933)

Geoffrey Horne (b. 1933)

Tsai Chin (b. 1933)

Lita Milan (b. 1933)

Vera Day (b. 1933)

Diana Darrin (b. 1933)

Ziva Rodann (b. 1933)

Jeanette Sterke (b. 1933)

Marti Stevens (b. 1933)

Annette Dionne (b. 1933)

Cecile Dionne (b. 1933)

Johnny Russell (b. 1933)

Patti Hale (b. 1933)

Gary Clarke (b. 1933)

Shirley MacLaine (b. 1934) 

Sophia Loren (b. 1934)

Shirley Jones (b. 1934)

Russ Tamblyn (b. 1934)

Pat Boone (b. 1934)

Audrey Dalton (b. 1934)

Claude Jarman Jr. (b. 1934)

Tina Louise (b. 1934)

Karen Sharpe (b. 1934)

Joyce Van Patten (b. 1934)

May Britt (b. 1934)

Joby Baker (b. 1934)

Jamie Farr (b. 1934)

Myrna Hansen (b. 1934)

Priscilla Morgan (b. 1934)

Aki Aeong (b. 1934)

Robert Fields (b. 1934)

Dani Crayne (b. 1934)

Donnie Dunagan (b. 1934)

Richard Hall (b. 1934)

Charles Bates (b. 1934)

Marilyn Horne (b. 1934)

Marilee Earle (b. 1934)

Rod Dana (b. 1935) 

Pippa Scott (b. 1935)

Ruta Lee (b. 1935)

Barbara Bostock (b. 1935)

Johnny Mathis (b. 1935)

Leslie Parrish (b. 1935)

Salome Jens (b. 1935)

Yvonne Lime (b. 1935)

Jean Moorehead (b. 1935)

Marco Lopez (b. 1935)

Joyce Meadows (b. 1935)

Christopher Severn (b. 1935)

Richard Nichols (b. 1935)

Carol Coombs (b. 1935)

Nino Tempo (b. 1935)

Patricia Prest (b. 1935)

Dawn Bender (b. 1935)

John Considine (b. 1935)

Jerry Farber (b. 1935)

Clyde Willson (b. 1935)

Bob Burns (b. 1935)

Susan Kohner (b. 1936)

Millie Perkins (b. 1936)

Burt Brickenhoff (b. 1936)

Mason Alan Dinehart (b. 1936)

Anna Maria Alberghetti (b. 1936)

Lisa Davis (b. 1936)

Joan O'Brien (b. 1936)

Richard Harrison (b. 1936)

Tommy Ivo (b. 1936)

John Wilder (b. 1936)

Gary Conway (b. 1936)

Michael Chapin (b. 1936)

Carol Morris (b. 1936)

Fernando Alvarado (b. 1936)