John Garfield in this haunting scene from Pride of the Marines (1945) True story of Al Schmidt, a marine stationed at Guadalcanal. The Japanese attack came at 03:00am. 800 Japanese soldiers attacked Schmidt's unit (2nd Battalion 1st Marines) line. In order to recapture Henderson Field. After Rivers was killed Schmidt continued to fire his gun for 4 hours. At times his gun glowed red hot. | Classic Film and Television Era

20K views · 1.1K reactions | In the scenes where Star of the Month John Garfield is playing the violin in HUMORESQUE ('46), the music is being performed by two professional violinists standing on either side of him, one to bow and one to finger. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook