#stanislavski system

NOT FORGOTTEN!! Born on this day on March 4, 1913 - known as John Garfield professionally and Julie to his family and friends. Here are some photos and info about his early days as an actor.

Jacob Julius Garfinkle was born in NYC’s Lower East Side on March 4, 1913. His mother, Hannah (Margolis) was of Ukrainian descent and his father, David of Russian Crimean origins.

Not sure how old he is here is this photo—the face is Julie’s but the body looks oddly painted in. Julie lost his mother Hannah at the tender age of seven in 1920.

Julie and his brother, Max born in 1918 stayed with other relatives in tough neighborhoods after Hannah died.

In the photo above, Julie is age 13, just before his new stepmother, Dinah was able to enroll him at P. S. 45 in the East Bronx. The principal was innovative educator, Angelo Patri. Arts education was advocated, and Patri championed young Julie’s dramatic abilities in this crucial developmental time.

Julie is on the right in Roosevelt High School’s production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Soon after, he applied to THE AMERICAN LABORATORY THEATER (The Lab) run by Richard Boleslavski and Maria Ouspenskaya. These two players from the Moscow Art Theatre are credited with first teaching what evolved into THE METHOD in the U. S.

Konstantin Stanislavski, cofounder of the Moscow Art Theatre, also an actor and director, developed the SYSTEM of acting. It was embraced and by The Group Theatre and very widely associated later with The Actors Studio.

Check out the book from Isaac Butler, THE METHOD, How the 20th Century Learned to Act.

Julie is shown above in the role that gave him his big break—COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW. The new Equity cardholder now uses the stage name: Jules Garfield. The lead was played by Paul Muni opening in Chicago before its New York run. Tennis anyone?

Julie playing Chick Kessler is shown above with Katherine Locke in HAVING WONDERFUL TIME.

Julie aspired to become a member of The Group, an ensemble of actors. He was rewarded with acceptance and is shown above in the production of AWAKE AND SING with Phoebe Brand.

During my studies at University, we have come across the work of Stanislavski’s System.

Konstantin Stanislavski was born on 17th of January in 1836 and died on 7th of August in 1938 and was a Russian actor and theatre director. Stanislavski made a huge change in the way actors learn to rehearse and act and he create a ''system'' which is well known all over the world as the Stanislavski System. By introducing this system, Stanislavski's main aim was to produce realism in acting.

The first technique that really helped me with my first performance at university was the ‘Given Circumstances’, which is about the main details that can be given to the actor about their character in the play. Specifically, Given Circumstances is the answers of the 6 fundamental questions: Who, Where, When, Why and How. While the actor is reading the script they can answer these questions so they can attribute their role as good as they can. Firstly this technique helps the actors to understand their role and after the audience to see the exact characteristics of the role and the main aim of it.