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Playwright. Screenwriter. Years active. 1931–1965. Talbot Lanham Jennings (August 25, 1894 – May 30, 1985) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received two Academy Award nominations for co-writing the screenplays for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Anna and the King of Siam (1946).
- Talbot Lanham Jennings, August 25, 1894, Shoshone, Idaho, U.S.
- May 30, 1985 (aged 90), East Glacier Park, Montana, U.S.
Always known for his strong narrative skills, Jennings wrote for the stage, screen, and television in his career, with much of his Hollywood career spent at MGM. He proved himself equally adept in various genres, including historical costume dramas and westerns, and was nominated twice for the Academy Award.
- Writer
- August 25, 1894
- Talbot Jennings
- May 30, 1985
Talbot Jennings was credited for the script. Development. Paramount purchased the story by William Wright and Talbot Jennings in 1955. The story concerned five brothers and revolved around a cattle drive from Texas to Colorado. Sam Briskin was assigned as producer.
- $23 million
- Elmer Bernstein
- $6.5 million
- Paul Nathan, Hal B. Wallis
Jun 9, 1985 · June 9, 1985 12 AM PT. Talbot Jennings, a screenwriter who wrote or collaborated on such films as the 1935 “Mutiny on the Bounty,” “The Good Earth,” Northwest Passage” and “The Sons of Katie...
Talbot Jennings was one of Hollywood's most intelligent screenwriters, a protégé of Irving Thalberg who enjoyed a profitable career on prestigious films. Jennings specialized in historical drama and worked on the screenplays for some of the best in the genre, such as Mutiny on the Bounty , Northwest Passage , and Rulers of the Sea .
Motion picture and television scripts (22 items), ten of which are by Jennings. Among works included are 77 Sunset Strip, Rawhide, The Alaskans, Romeo and Juliet, Anna and the King of Siam, and No more frontier. Repository. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives. Special Collections and Archives.
Collection Number: 11046-z. Collection Title: Talbot Jennings's This Side Idolatry: A Play In Seven Acts, circa 1930-1956. This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
