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I met Tay Garnett in 1974 in Hollywood through Eve
Brent. He was a great person and had no representation in the
industry. I was working for the Foxx Talent Agency in Beverly Hills
at the time, so I signed him with the agency. I presented the Merv
Griffin people with a concept that would pay tribute to Tay. They
liked the idea and we did the show. I coordinated the guests for Tay, who
gave me the names of actors he worked with and I contacted them to appear
on the show. I got Walter Pidgeon, Eve Arden, Lloyd Nolan and George
Murphy to appear and pay tribute to Tay Garnett. Tay also wrote a book
titled Light Your Torches And Pull Up Your Tights.
Pat Boone was supposed to be Tay's friend, but
didn't tape the show as promised, because Tay didn't buy a tape for Pat.
Movies Directed By Tay Garnet
Challenge
to Be Free
(1976)
The
Timber Tramps (1975)
The Delta
Factor (1970)
Cattle
King (1963)
Night
Fighters (1960)
The Black
Knight (1954)
Main
Street to Broadway (1953)
One
Minute to Zero (1952)
Cause for
Alarm (1951)
Soldiers
Three (1951)
The
Fireball (1950)
A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Wild
Harvest (1947)
The
Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The
Valley of Decision (1945)
Mrs.
Parkington (1944)
The Cross
of Lorraine (1944)
Bataan
(1943)
My
Favorite Spy (1942)
Cheers for
Miss Bishop (1941)
Seven
Sinners (1940)
Eternally
Yours (1939)
Slightly
Honorable (1939)
Joy of
Living (1938)
Trade
Winds (1938)
Stand-In
(1937)
Slave
Ship (1937)
Love Is
News (1937)
Professional
Soldier (1936)
China Seas
(1935)
One Way
Passage (1932)
Prestige
(1932)
Bad
Company (1931)
Officer
O'Brien (1930)
The
Flying Fool (1929)
The Big
Push
- William Taylor Garnett
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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, Garnett joined Pathe, and in 1928 began directing for that
company. Garnett garnered some attention in the early '30s with such
films as "One Way Passage" and "Her Man, " and his
best work came in the mid-'30s with such films as "China
Seas", "Slave Ship" and "Seven Sinners." His
best known film is probably the John Garfield/Lana Turner "The
Postman Always Rings Twice" in 1946, although his 1949 version of
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" was a
well-deserved critical and commercial success. Garnett journeyed to
England in the early '50s for a few films, but upon his return made
only a few films before switching to television. He resurfaced in the
early '70s to shoot a pair of outdoor epics in Alaska, then retired.
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