George Raft | Life and Legacy - Biography
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George Raft | Life and Legacy - Biography
George Raft was a former Broadway dancer who also befriended many New York mobsters throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Raft is mostly known for his gangster roles in the original Scarface (1932), Each Dawn I Die (1939), and Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot, as a dancer in Bolero (1934), and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940).
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George Raft born Sept 26, in 1901 - Over 80 roles including Scarface 1932, They Drive by Night, Each Dawn I Die, Some Like It Hot, Bolero, Souls at Sea, Spawn of the North, The Glass Key... #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/george-raft/ | Classic Movie Hub
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George Raft born Sept 26, in 1901 - Over 80 roles including Scarface 1932, They Drive by Night, Each Dawn I Die, Some Like It Hot, Bolero, Souls at Sea, Spawn of the North, The Glass Key... #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/george-raft/ | Classic Movie Hub
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48K views · 1.7K reactions | Star of the Month George Raft delivers what many consider one of his best performances in Raoul Walsh's THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT ('40). Raft later recommended costar Humphrey Bogart as his replacement for Walsh's next film, HIGH SIERRA which launched his career. See it at 9:45pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook
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48K views · 1.7K reactions | Star of the Month George Raft delivers what many consider one of his best performances in Raoul Walsh's THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT ('40). Raft later recommended costar Humphrey Bogart as his replacement for Walsh's next film, HIGH SIERRA which launched his career. See it at 9:45pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook
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As gangster films were in decline, Star of the Month George Raft embarked on more projects working with all-star casts - reuniting with one of his former costars Marlene Dietrich, for AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS ('56). See it as part of tonight's lineup, starting at 8pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM
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As gangster films were in decline, Star of the Month George Raft embarked on more projects working with all-star casts - reuniting with one of his former costars Marlene Dietrich, for AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS ('56). See it as part of tonight's lineup, starting at 8pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM
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Invisible Stripes is a 1939 Warner Bros. crime film starring George Raft as a gangster unable to go straight after returning home from prison. The movie was directed by Lloyd Bacon and also features William Holden, Jane Bryan and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay by Warren Duff was based on the novel of the same name by Warden Lewis E. Lawes, a fervent crusader for prison reform, as adapted by Jonathan Finn. Cliff Taylor is an ex-con who wants to go straight, but since being released from prison o
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Invisible Stripes is a 1939 Warner Bros. crime film starring George Raft as a gangster unable to go straight after returning home from prison. The movie was directed by Lloyd Bacon and also features William Holden, Jane Bryan and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay by Warren Duff was based on the novel of the same name by Warden Lewis E. Lawes, a fervent crusader for prison reform, as adapted by Jonathan Finn. Cliff Taylor is an ex-con who wants to go straight, but since being released from prison o
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36K views · 1K reactions | One of the seminal early gangster films, SCARFACE ('32) marked the breakthrough role for Star of the Month George Raft – who claimed to have had a personal connection with the film's inspiration: American gangster, Al Capone. See it as part of his lineup tonight at 8pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook
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36K views · 1K reactions | One of the seminal early gangster films, SCARFACE ('32) marked the breakthrough role for Star of the Month George Raft – who claimed to have had a personal connection with the film's inspiration: American gangster, Al Capone. See it as part of his lineup tonight at 8pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook
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