1. William Taylor "Tay" Garnett was an American film director, writer, and producer.
26 Facts About Tay Garnett
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Tay Garnett 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.
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Tay Garnett studied commercial art at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before returning to California to open an advertising agency.
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For Roach, Tay Garnett wrote Don't Park There ; for Billy Bevan, Galloping Bungalows ; and for Sennett, Off His Trolley and The Plumber.
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Tay Garnett co-wrote Broken Chains for Sam Goldwyn; The Hottentot for Thomas Ince; and That's My Baby for William Beaudine.
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Tay Garnett directed some shorts, such as Fast Black, Riders of the Kitchen Range, and All Wool, and wrote the comedy shorts Honeymoon Hardships, Hold Tight, Three Wise Goofs, No Sleep on the Deep, Salute, On the Links, Who's Your Friend, The Funnymooners, Puppy Lovetime, Smith's Visitor, and A Beauty Parlor.
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Tay Garnett joined Pathe around 1927 and wrote The Cop and Power in 1928.
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Tay Garnett directed and wrote Celebrity, his first feature as director; The Spieler, The Flying Fool, Bad Company, and Prestige.
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Tay Garnett enjoyed further success in 1935 after moving to MGM and directing China Seas.
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In 1935, Tay Garnett announced the creation of his own production company and subsequently left on a year-long cruise on his yacht.
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Tay Garnett returned to Hollywood in October 1936 and signed with 20th Century Fox, where he made Professional Soldier, Love Is News, and Slave Ship.
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Tay Garnett continued working with Wanger, producing and directing three of his films in the late 1930s: Trade Winds, Eternally Yours, and Slightly Honorable.
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Tay Garnett provided a story for Columbia Studios' Cafe Hostess and directed Universal's Seven Sinners, which starred Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne.
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Tay Garnett produced but not direct RKO's Unexpected Uncle and Weekend for Three, and directed their 1942 film My Favorite Spy.
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Tay Garnett directed United Artists' Cheers for Miss Bishop and Columbia's The Boy from Stalingrad.
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At MGM, Tay Garnett directed The Cross of Lorraine and Bataan, followed by Since You Went Away and See Here, Private Hargrove.
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Tay Garnett had some big hits with two Greer Garson films, Mrs Parkington and The Valley of Decision, then made his best-known film The Postman Always Rings Twice, starring John Garfield and Lana Turner.
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For RKO, then under the ownership of Howard Hughes, Tay Garnett directed The Racket and One Minute to Zero.
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Tay Garnett travelled to England and Spain to make The Black Knight, then worked on the documentary Seven Wonders of the World.
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Tay Garnett directed a feature, Guns of Wyoming, with Robert Taylor.
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Tay Garnett started directing television shows in the late 1950s with He began working in TV with Four Star Theatre and Main Street to Broadway.
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Tay Garnett published his autobiography, Light Your Torches and Pull Up Your Tights, in 1973 and was writing a textbook at the time of his death.
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Tay Garnett filed for divorce which was granted 18 September 1933 on grounds of desertion while she was in Vienna, Austria, and Garnett in London, England.
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Tay Garnett then married 24-year-old Mari Aldon in London, England, on 13 August 1953.
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Tay Garnett died of leukemia at the Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital in Sawtelle, California, USA at the age of 83.
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Tay Garnett's ashes were scattered on his Paso Robles ranch.