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42-438: Raintree County may refer to: Raintree County (novel) , a 1948 novel by Ross Lockridge, Jr. Raintree County (film) , a 1957 film starring Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Raintree County . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

84-514: A colorful group (played by John Cassavetes , Charles Bronson , Telly Savalas , Jim Brown , and Donald Sutherland ) performing an almost impossible mission. Robert Aldrich directed. In an interview, Marvin stated his time in the Marine Corps helped shape that role "by playing an officer how I felt it should have been seen, from the bias of an enlisted man's viewpoint". In the wake of these films and after having received his Oscar, Marvin

126-754: A dual role for the comedy Western film Cat Ballou (1965), alongside Jane Fonda , a surprise hit which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor , along with a BAFTA Award , a Golden Globe Award , an NBR Award , and the Silver Bear for Best Actor . Lamont Waltman Marvin Jr. was born in New York City to Lamont Waltman Marvin – World War I veteran of the Army Corps of Engineers and an advertising executive – and Courtenay Washington (née Davidge),

168-488: A fashion writer. Confederate General Robert E. Lee was his first cousin, four times removed. He was also a 2nd cousin six times removed of first U.S. President George Washington . His father was a direct descendant of Matthew Marvin Sr., who emigrated from Great Bentley , Essex, England, in 1635, and helped found Hartford, Connecticut . Marvin studied violin when he was young. Marvin did not enjoy school and studied poorly. As

210-529: A fight scene), Ben Casey , Bonanza , The Untouchables (several times), The Virginian , The Twilight Zone (" The Grave " and " Steel "), and The Dick Powell Theatre . Marvin returned to feature films with a prominent role in The Comancheros (1961) starring John Wayne and Stuart Whitman . He played in two more films with Wayne, both directed by John Ford : The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962),and Donovan's Reef (1963). As

252-500: A leading role in The Missouri Traveler (1958). He also guest starred on Climax! (several times), Studio 57 , The United States Steel Hour and Schlitz Playhouse . Marvin debuted as a leading man in M Squad as Chicago cop Frank Ballinger in 100 episodes of the successful 1957–1960 television series. One critic described the show as "a hyped-up, violent Dragnet ...with a hard-as-nails Marvin" playing

294-642: A notable small role as smart-aleck sailor Meatball in The Caine Mutiny (1954), produced by Kramer. Marvin was in The Raid (1954), Center Stage , Medic and TV Reader's Digest . He had a part as Hector, the small-town hood in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), with Spencer Tracy . Also in 1955, he played a conflicted, brutal bank-robber in Violent Saturday . A critic wrote of

336-500: A shared top billing with Richard Burton . During this time, Marvin was offered the role of Quint in Jaws (1975) but declined, stating "What would I tell my fishing friends who'd see me come off as a hero against a dummy shark?" In 1976, Marvin co-lead with Roger Moore in the film Shout at the Devil , a World War I adventure, directed by Peter Hunt . While the reviews were mixed,

378-685: A showcase role as the squad leader in a feature titled Eight Iron Men (1952), a war film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Stanley Kramer (Marvin's role had been played on Broadway by Burt Lancaster ). He was a sergeant in Seminole (1953), a Western directed by Budd Boetticher , and was a corporal in The Glory Brigade (1953), a Korean War film. Marvin guest starred in The Doctor , The Revlon Mirror Theater , Suspense, and The Motorola Television Hour . He

420-715: A teenager, Marvin "spent weekends and spare time hunting deer, puma, wild turkey, and bobwhite in the wilds of the then-uncharted Everglades". He attended Manumit School , a Christian socialist boarding school in Pawling, New York, during the late 1930s, and Peekskill Military Academy in Peekskill, New York. He later attended St. Leo College Preparatory School , a Catholic school in St. Leo, Florida, after being expelled from several other schools for bad behavior (smoking cigarettes, truancy of lessons and fights). Marvin enlisted in

462-410: A tough police lieutenant. Marvin received the role after guest-starring in a Dragnet episode as a serial killer . When the series ended Marvin appeared on Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse , NBC Sunday Showcase , The Barbara Stanwyck Show , The Americans , Wagon Train , Checkmate , General Electric Theater , Alcoa Premiere , The Investigators , Route 66 (he was injured during

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504-720: Is a fictionalized account of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pursuit of a man named Albert Johnson . In Vincent Canby 's review for The New York Times , he recognized that two old pros were at work. "Mr. Bronson and Mr. Marvin are such old hands at this sort of movie that each can create a character with ease, out of thin, cold air." The film grossed $ 5,000,000 at the US box-office. In 1984, Marvin acted in Michael Apted 's Gorky Park , which stars William Hurt . Film critic Roger Ebert liked

546-504: Is a long novel, around 400,000 words. Most editions run to about 1000 pages. The fictional town of Waycross was based on Straughn, Indiana and the fictional Raintree County was based on Henry County, Indiana . The novel was made into a 1957 film starring Montgomery Clift , Elizabeth Taylor , Eva Marie Saint , Nigel Patrick , Lee Marvin , Rod Taylor and Agnes Moorehead . It was adapted by Millard Kaufman and directed by Edward Dmytryk . The film varies significantly in content from

588-482: Is a remake of The Killers by Richard Siodmak, made in 1946 and starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner . The Killers was the first film in which Marvin received top billing. Originally made as a TV-movie, the film was deemed so entertaining that it was exhibited in theaters instead. He guest starred on Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre . Marvin finally became a star for his dual role in

630-682: Is essentially in two parts; before the Civil War and after. It spans the 19th century history of the United States, from the pre-Civil War westward expansion, to the debate over slavery, to the Civil War, to the Industrial Revolution and the Labor Movement which followed. The book is often surreal, with dream sequences, flashbacks and departures from the linear narrative. It has been described as an effort to mythologize

672-407: Is now known, has to set about building a new life. He becomes a teacher, runs unsuccessfully for political office, moves briefly to New York to try to become a playwright, and finally comes back home to Indiana, where he remarries. Although he finds contentment in his marriage, he encounters various other personal difficulties, and is a first-hand observer to a number of historical turning points. It

714-817: The 1970s, with fewer 'bad-guy' roles than in earlier years. His 1970s movies included Monte Walsh (1970), a Western with Palance and Jeanne Moreau ; the violent Prime Cut (1972) with Gene Hackman ; Pocket Money (1972) with Paul Newman, for Stuart Rosenberg; Emperor of the North (1973) opposite Ernest Borgnine for Aldrich; as Hickey in The Iceman Cometh (1973) with Fredric March and Robert Ryan , for John Frankenheimer ; In 1974, Marvin acted in Richard Fleischer 's The Spikes Gang , and in Terence Young 's The Klansman in

756-710: The Navy Now (1951), directed by Henry Hathaway , a movie that also marked the debuts of Charles Bronson and Jack Warden . This required some filming in Hollywood. Marvin decided to stay in California. He had a similar small part in Teresa (1951), directed by Fred Zinnemann . As a decorated combat veteran, Marvin was a natural in war dramas, where he frequently assisted the director and other actors in realistically portraying infantry movement, arranging costumes, and

798-500: The Pacific , also starring famed Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune . Boorman recounted his work with Lee Marvin on these two films and Marvin's influence on his career in the 1998 documentary Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman . The Case Against Paul Ryker with Bradford Dillman , which Marvin shot for TV's Kraft Suspense Theatre and had been telecast in 1963, was released theatrically as Sergeant Ryker in 1968 after

840-611: The United States Marine Corps on August 12, 1942. Before finishing School of Infantry , he was a quartermaster . Marvin served in the 4th Marine Division as a scout sniper in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including assaults on Kwajalein , Eniwetok and Saipan-Tinian . While serving as a member of "I" Company, 3rd Battalion , 24th Marines , 4th Marine Division , Marvin participated in 21 amphibious assaults on Japanese-held islands. He

882-483: The artist village of Woodstock in upstate New York, Marvin was asked to replace an actor who had fallen ill during rehearsals. He caught the acting bug and got a job with the company for $ 7 a week. He moved to Greenwich Village and used the G.I. Bill to study at the American Theatre Wing . He appeared on stage in a production of Uniform of Flesh , the original version of Billy Budd (1949). It

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924-747: The character, "Marvin brings a multi-faceted complexity to the role and gives a great example of the early promise that launched his long and successful career." Marvin played Robert Mitchum 's and Frank Sinatra 's friend in Not as a Stranger (1955), a medical drama produced and directed by Stanley Kramer. He had good supporting roles in A Life in the Balance (1955) (he was third billed), and Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) and appeared on TV in Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre and Studio One in Hollywood . Marvin

966-715: The director both died from heart related illness shortly after production. In 1980, Marvin's last big role was in Samuel Fuller 's The Big Red One , a war film based on Fuller's own war experiences. Fuller said that Marvin character was the "carpenter of death, the sergeants of this world have been dealing death to young men for 10,000 years." Matthew Carey Salyer who liked the film said that "it’s one of Lee Marvin’s most brilliant performances, in part because of its restraint." In 1981, Marvin co-led with Charles Bronson in Peter Hunt 's adventure film Death Hunt . It

1008-527: The film was a commercial success. Both stars were offered to return to their roles in a sequel that never happened. Also that year, he was a lead in Don Taylor 's The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday , a comic Western with Oliver Reed . The film was a critical disappointment. In 1979, Marvin co-lead with Robert Shaw in Mark Robson 's Cold War thriller Avalanche Express , his co-star and

1050-570: The highly regarded Western The Professionals (1966), in which he played the leader of a small band of skilled mercenaries ( Burt Lancaster , Robert Ryan , and Woody Strode ) rescuing a kidnap victim ( Claudia Cardinale ) shortly after the Mexican Revolution . He had second billing to Lancaster but his part was almost as large. He followed that film with the hugely successful World War II epic The Dirty Dozen (1967) in which top-billed Marvin again portrayed an intrepid commander of

1092-460: The history of America, which to a great degree it succeeds in doing through the eyes and the commentary of John Shawnessy. For example, a number of turning points in John's life seem to coincide with Fourth of July celebrations. John, or 'Johnny', as he was called before The War, is a lover of literature, and is influenced by three separate cultural icons: the concept of becoming a Hero, in the sense of

1134-500: The legendary figures of ancient Greece; Nathaniel Hawthorne 's " The Great Stone Face ", in which legend predicts that a great man will appear whose face is identical to the natural stone face which, in the Hawthorne story, is a local landmark; and finally, the quest to find the legendary Golden Raintree, for which the county was named, and which was supposedly planted somewhere in the county by John Chapman, or Johnny Appleseed as he

1176-433: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raintree_County&oldid=545497641 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Raintree County (novel) The novel, set in fictional Raintree County, Indiana,

1218-500: The novel. Lee Marvin Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and prematurely white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. Although initially typecast as the "heavy" (i.e. villainous character), he later gained prominence for portraying anti-heroes , such as Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger on

1260-599: The offbeat comedic Western Cat Ballou (1965) starring Jane Fonda . This was a surprise hit, and Marvin won the Academy Award for Best Actor . He also won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival in 1965. Playing alongside Vivien Leigh and Simone Signoret , Marvin won the 1966 National Board of Review Award for male actors for his role in Ship of Fools (1965) directed by Kramer. Marvin next performed in

1302-859: The rank of private first class . He previously held the rank of corporal, but had been demoted for troublemaking. Marvin's decorations include the Purple Heart Medal , the Presidential Unit Citation , the American Campaign Medal , the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal , the World War II Victory Medal , and the Combat Action Ribbon . After the war, while working as a plumber's assistant in

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1344-547: The runaway success of The Dirty Dozen . Marvin was originally cast as Pike Bishop (later played by William Holden ) in The Wild Bunch (1969), but fell out with director Sam Peckinpah and pulled out to star in the Western musical Paint Your Wagon (1969), in which he was top-billed over a singing Clint Eastwood . Despite his limited singing ability, he had a hit with the song " Wand'rin' Star ". By this time, he

1386-887: The television series M Squad (1957–1960). Marvin's notable roles in film included Charlie Strom in The Killers (1964), Rico Fardan in The Professionals (1966), Major John Reisman in The Dirty Dozen (1967), Ben Rumson in Paint Your Wagon (1969), Walker in Point Blank (1967), and the Sergeant in The Big Red One (1980). Marvin achieved numerous accolades when he portrayed both gunfighter Kid Shelleen and criminal Tim Strawn in

1428-627: The use of firearms. He guest starred on episodes of Fireside Theatre , Suspense and Rebound . Hathaway used him again on Diplomatic Courier (1952) and he could be seen in Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952), directed by Edmund Goulding ; We're Not Married! (1952), also for Goulding; The Duel at Silver Creek (1952), directed by Don Siegel ; and Hangman's Knot (1952), directed by Roy Huggins . He guest starred on Biff Baker, U.S.A. and Dragnet , and had

1470-779: The vicious Liberty Valance, Marvin played his first title role and held his own with two of the screen's biggest stars, Wayne and James Stewart . In 1962 Marvin appeared as Martin Kalig on the TV Western The Virginian in the episode titled "It Tolls for Thee." He continued to guest star on shows like Combat! , Dr. Kildare and The Great Adventure . He did The Case Against Paul Ryker for Kraft Suspense Theatre . For director Don Siegel , Marvin appeared in The Killers (1964) playing an efficient professional assassin alongside Clu Gulager , grappling with villains Ronald Reagan and Angie Dickinson . The film

1512-470: Was a huge star, given enormous control over his next film Point Blank . In Point Blank , an influential film from director John Boorman , he portrayed a hard-nosed criminal bent on revenge. Marvin, who had selected Boorman for the director's slot, had a central role in the film's development, plot, and staging. In 1968, Marvin also appeared in another Boorman film, the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful World War II character study Hell in

1554-408: Was getting paid $ 1 million per film, $ 200,000 less than top star Paul Newman was making at the time, yet he was ambivalent about the movie business, even with its financial rewards: You spend the first forty years of your life trying to get in this business, and the next forty years trying to get out. And then when you're making the bread, who needs it? Marvin had a much greater variety of roles in

1596-727: Was in I Died a Thousand Times (1955) with Jack Palance , Shack Out on 101 (1955), Kraft Theatre , and Front Row Center . Marvin was the villain in Seven Men from Now (1956) starring Randolph Scott and directed by Boetticher. He was second-billed to Palance in Attack (1956) directed by Robert Aldrich . Marvin had roles in Pillars of the Sky (1956) with Jeff Chandler, The Rack (1956) with Paul Newman , Raintree County (1957) with Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift and

1638-442: Was more commonly known. Johnny Shawnessy tends to view the events of his life through the prism of one or more of these contexts, and to draw parallels to these legends, frequently with considerable justification. On Johnny's return from the war, he learns that he has been reported as killed in action, and that the love of his life, believing him dead, has married his longtime friend and rival, and has died in childbirth. John, as he

1680-701: Was now in much demand for Westerns: The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) with Randolph Scott , and Gun Fury (1953), with Rock Hudson. Marvin received much acclaim for his portrayal of villains in two films: The Big Heat (1953) where he played Gloria Grahame 's vicious boyfriend, directed by Fritz Lang ; and The Wild One (1953), opposite Marlon Brando (Marvin's gang in the film was named "The Beetles"), produced by Kramer. He continued in TV shows such as The Plymouth Playhouse and The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse . He had support roles in Gorilla at Large (1954) and had

1722-714: Was performed at the Experimental Theatre, where a few months later, Marvin also appeared in The Nineteenth Hole of Europe (1949). Marvin began appearing on television shows like Escape , The Big Story , and Treasury Men in Action . He made it to Broadway with a small role in a production of Uniform of Flesh , now titled Billy Budd , in February 1951. Marvin's film debut was in You're in

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1764-456: Was wounded in action on June 18, 1944, while taking part in the assault on Mount Tapochau during the Battle of Saipan , in the course of which most of his company became casualties. He was hit by machine gun fire, which severed his sciatic nerve , and then was hit again in the foot by a sniper. After over a year of medical treatment in naval hospitals, Marvin was given a medical discharge with

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