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Tay Garnett

Highest Rated: 100% One Way Passage (1932)

Lowest Rated: 57% A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

Birthday: Jun 13, 1894

Birthplace: Sawtelle, California, USA

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-housing romance, "Her Man" (1930) and the intriguing gangster film, "Bad Company" (1931). Though his output is variable, Garnett was a reliable and very talented craftsman who helmed such fine genre fare as "One Way Passage" (1932), a lovely romantic duet for Kay Francis and William Powell; "China Seas" (1935), a lively comic adventure at sea teaming up Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Wallace Beery; "Slave Ship" (1937), a grim, potent seafaring saga with Beery and Warner Baxter; "Stand In" (1937), a highly enjoyable spoof of Hollywood filmmaking with Leslie Howard and Joan Blondell; and one of Marlene Dietrich's best films, the rowdy yet touching "Seven Sinners" (1940). His most famous film, though, is arguably that classic film noir pairing of Lana Turner's blondeness and John Garfield's swarthiness, "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 80% One Way Passage
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89% 79% The Postman Always Rings Twice
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80% 73% China Seas
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80% 42% Seven Sinners
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57% 51% A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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She Couldn't Take It
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Celebrity
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25% Soldiers Three
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The Hottentot
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Unexpected Uncle
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Tay Garnett THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, from left: Cecil Kellaway, Lana Turner, director Tay Garnett on set, 1946 WILD HARVEST, Alan Ladd, director Tay Garnett, Dorothy Lamour on set, 1947 THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, Lana Turner, John Garfield, Tay Garnett, 1946 THE FIREBALL, Mickey Rooney, Tay Garnett (right), 1950, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. WHISPERING SMITH, Director Tay Garnett, Alan Ladd, on-set, 1948 CHINA SEAS, from left, Clark Gable, Dudley Digges, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, director Tay Garnett, on-set, 1935 STAND-IN, front from left: director Tay Garnett, visitor Joan Bennett, Leslie Howard on set, 1937 TRADE WINDS, director Tay Garnett at the helm, 1938 View more photos

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Timber Tramps 1977 Director Challenge to Be Free 72% 1976 Old Marshal McGee Actor, Director The Delta Factor 1970 Director Cattle King 1963 Director Night Fighters 1960 Director 7 Wonders of the World 1956 Director The Black Knight 1954 Director Main Street to Broadway 1953 Director One Minute to Zero 25% 1952 Director Cause for Alarm 29% 1951 Director Soldiers Three 25% 1951 Director The Fireball 17% 1950 Director A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 57% 51% 1949 Director Wild Harvest 1947 Director The Postman Always Rings Twice 89% 79% 1946 Director The Valley of Decision 81% 1945 Director Mrs. Parkington 73% 1944 Director The Cross of Lorraine 53% 1944 Director Bataan 67% 1943 Director My Favorite Spy 1942 Director Weekend for Three 1941 Producer Cheers for Miss Bishop 35% 1941 Director Unexpected Uncle 1941 Director Seven Sinners 80% 42% 1940 Director Slightly Honorable 71% 1939 Director
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