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Garson Kanin is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Stage Director and Additional Writing American born on 24 november 1912 at Rochester (USA)
Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was a prolific American writer and director of plays and films.
(1950)
(Theatre Play)
(1942)
(Scriptwriter)
(1960)
(Story)
(1959)
(Stage Director)
(1943)
(Additional Writing)
(1945)
(Director)
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Nationality USA
Birth 24 november 1912 at Rochester (USA)
Death 13 march 1999 (at 86 years) at New York City (USA)
Birth 24 november 1912 at Rochester (USA)
Death 13 march 1999 (at 86 years) at New York City (USA)
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(1950)(Theatre Play)
(1942)(Scriptwriter)
(1960)(Story)
(1959)(Stage Director)
(1943)(Additional Writing)
(1945)(Director)
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Filmography of Garson Kanin (29 films)
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A Salute to France (1944)
, 34minutesDirected by Jean Renoir, Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Actors Claude Dauphin, Garson Kanin, Burgess Meredith, Philip Bourneuf
Roles Joe Daws, le soldat américain
Rating63%
Film destiné à présenter les Français aux troupes américaines devant débarquer en France.
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Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
, 1h30Directed by Garson Kanin, Walter Mirisch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Angie Dickinson, Rosemary Forsyth, Elliott Reid, Zohra Lampert, Pippa Scott
Rating43%
Fred Amidon is a New York City bank teller whose wife Rachel is divorcing him. Fred already has a new fiancee, bank colleague Pamela Anders, with whom he is about to embark on a vacation.
Where It's At (1969)
, 1h46Directed by Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors David Janssen, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Drivas, Brenda Vaccaro, Don Rickles, Edy Williams
Rating49%
A.C. Smith owns and runs the Caesars Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas. As pleased as he is to have grown son Andy pay a visit, he wishes Andy would express some interest in women or the hotel, two things A.C. values above all else.
The True Glory (1945)
, 1h27Directed by Carol Reed, Garson Kanin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Leslie Banks, Peter Ustinov, Sam Levene, Richard Attenborough
Rating69%
Un récit documentaire de l'invasion alliée de l'Europe pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale compilé à partir des images tournées par près de 1400 caméramans.
A Salute to France (1944)
, 34minutesDirected by Jean Renoir, Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Actors Claude Dauphin, Garson Kanin, Burgess Meredith, Philip Bourneuf
Rating63%
Film destiné à présenter les Français aux troupes américaines devant débarquer en France.
Ring of Steel (1942)
Directed by Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Spencer Tracy
Rating64%
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
, 1h27Directed by Garson Kanin, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Dino Morea, Alan Marshal, Burgess Meredith, Phil Silvers
Rating63%
Ginger Rogers plays telephone operator Janie, who has to choose between three men - Tom (Murphy), Dick (Marshal) and Harry (Meredith). The film was remade as The Girl Most Likely (1957), a musical which also proved to be the last film released by RKO.
My Favorite Wife (1940)
, 1h28Directed by Garson Kanin, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Scotty Beckett
Rating72%
After seven years, lawyer Nick Arden (Cary Grant) has his wife Ellen (Irene Dunne), missing since her ship was lost, declared legally dead so he can marry Bianca (Gail Patrick). It turns out however that Ellen was merely shipwrecked on a deserted island, and has been rescued. When she returns home, she learns that Nick has just left on his honeymoon with his second wife.
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
, 1h36Directed by Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, William Gargan, Harry Carey, Karl Malden, Frank Fay
Rating59%
When visiting San Francisco, Tony Patucci, an ageing illiterate winegrower from the Napa Valley, sees waitress Amy Peters and falls in love. Returning home, he persuades his foreman Joe, an incorrigible womanizer, to write her a letter in Tony's name. Tony's courtship by mail culminates with a proposal, and when she requests a picture of him, he sends one of Joe. Amy accepts and goes to Napa to be married. Although horrified to discover that her prospective husband is the portly Tony, she decides to go through with the marriage. However, while Tony is in bed after an accident, Amy and Joe have an affair. Two months later, as Tony plans the wedding, she discovers that she is pregnant. Upon learning this, Tony pummels Joe, who leaves the vineyards. but forgives Amy, and insists that they still be married, But she is unable to forgive herself, so she leaves with the priest who's come to marry them, while Tony looks on, hoping that she will return one day.
Bachelor Mother (1939)
, 1h22Directed by Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson, Dennie Moore, Ernest Truex
Rating74%
Polly Parrish (Ginger Rogers) is a salesgirl at the department store John B. Merlin and Son in New York City who has just been told that since the Christmas season is ending she is going to be dismissed. During her lunch break, she sees a stranger leaving a baby on the steps of an orphanage. Fearing the baby is going to roll down the steps, Polly picks it up as the door is opened, and is mistakenly thought to be the mother.
The Great Man Votes (1939)
, 1h12Directed by Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors John Barrymore, Virginia Weidler, Katharine Alexander, Donald MacBride, Elisabeth Risdon, Granville Bates
Rating66%
This script must be run from the command line
A Man to Remember (1938)
, 1h20Directed by Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Anne Shirley, Edward Ellis, Lee Bowman, William Henry, Granville Bates, Frank M. Thomas
Rating69%
Under the grieving eyes of most of a town, the funeral procession of Doctor John Abbott (Edward Ellis) passes a lawyer's office. The lawyer opens Abbott's strongbox for the deceased man's impatient creditors, local banker George Sykes (Granville Bates), newspaper editor Jode Harkness (Frank M. Thomas) and store owner Homer Ramsey (Harlan Briggs). Flashbacks begin as they peruse Dr. Abbott's papers.
Next Time I Marry (1938)
, 1h5Directed by Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Lee Bowman, Granville Bates, Mantan Moreland, Murray Alper
Rating61%
This script must be run from the command line
Scriptwriter
Born Yesterday (1993)
, 1h36Directed by Luis Mandoki
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson, Edward Herrmann, Max Perlich, Nora Dunn
Roles Theatre Play
Rating52%
A wealthy but crude businessman, Harry Brock, on a trip to the nation's capital, is socially embarrassed by his ditzy and rather uncultured showgirl blonde girlfriend, Billie Dawn. He hires a reporter, Paul Verrall, to "teach her the ropes."
This Year's Blonde (1980)
, 1h40Directed by John Erman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Constance Forslund, Lloyd Bridges, Norman Fell, Vic Tayback, Michael Lerner, John Marley
Roles Novel
Rating65%