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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.
“Tay Garnett… was thin, laughing, rugged-featured. Like Hitchcock, his film career began in title-writing for silent films. As nearly all his colleagues of the Silents, he was athletic, a flyer, an adventurer, like them, he was an intellectual without wanting to be.”
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 ...
Biography. A prolific, skillful director of adventure films, westerns and other hard-hitting fare, Tay Garnett began in films around 1920 as a writer. Becoming as a director near the end of the silent period, Garnett quickly demonstrated the narrative verve and technical competence typical of his work with the early talkie landmarks, the rough ...
Tay Garnett. Highest Rated: 100% One Way Passage (1932) Lowest Rated: 44% A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) Birthday: Jun 13, 1894. Birthplace: Sawtelle, California, USA. A ...
William Taylor "Tay" Garnett (June 13, 1894 – October 3, 1977) was an American film director and writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tay Garnett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
An Irish maid falls for the son of her wealthy boss, though their disapproving fathers and a bitter strike at the steel mill complicate matters. Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore. Votes:2,370. 4. Her Man (1930) 85 min| Crime, Drama, Romance.
