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William Taylor "Tay" Garnett (June 13, 1894 – October 3, 1977) was an American film director, writer, and producer. He made nearly 50 films in various genres during his 55-year career, The Postman Always Rings Twice and China Seas being two of the most commercially successful.
May 27, 2021 · Although opinions vary on the American director Tay Garnett’s auteur status, his high-spirited lowlife drama is well worth a look. Garnett (1894-1977) broke into movies writing slapstick...
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Tay Garnett. Director: China Seas. Following his service as a naval aviator in WW I, Tay Garnett entered films in 1920 as a screenwriter. After a stint as a gag writer for Mack Sennett and Hal Roach he joined Pathe, then the distributor for both competing comedy producers, and in 1928 began directing for that company.
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Feb 21, 2020 · Margaret Talbot writes about the director Tay Garnett’s “Cause for Alarm!,” starring Loretta Young. This suburban film noir from 1951, which from a feminist lens was ahead of its time, is now...
Oct 19, 1977 · Tay Garnett, a director whose scores of films made over a half century told stories of high adventure and action and starred many of Hollywood's best‐known names, died Oct. 4 in the Wadsworth...
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May 27, 2021 · Unquestionably the most down-and-dirty version of “Frankie and Johnny” ever filmed, Tay Garnett’s 1930 feature Her Man is set in a Havana bordello populated by a definitively Pre-Code, almost Bukowskian collection of drunks, drug addicts, and hookers.