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Garson Kanin
Director (Nov 24, 1912-Mar 13, 1999)
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Filmography
Popular Movies on Spout
Adam's Rib
My Favorite Wife
A Double Life
Bachelor Mother
Pat and Mike
Biography
Younger brother of scriptwriter
Michael Kanin
. Garson Kanin acted in and directed theatrical productions in the 1930s, and in 1938 began directing films. His notable early films include the comedies
The Great Man Votes
(1938),
Bachelor Mother
(1939), and Tom, Dick And Harry (1941). During World War II he produced and directed several documentaries for the Office of Emergency Management; he also collaborated on documentaries with
Carol Reed
(
The True Glory
[1945]) and
Jean Renoir
(Salute to France [1945]). After the war he collaborated with his wife
Ruth Gordon
on a series of memorable screenplays for director
George Cukor
:
A Double Life
(1947),
Adam's Rib
(1950),
The Marrying Kind
(1952),
Pat and Mike
(1952) and
The Actress
. Kanin also helmed two minor comedies in 1969,
Where It's At
(1969) and
Some Kind of a Nut
(1969). ~ All Movie Guide
Most loved movie
It Should Happen to You
Most disliked movie
Bachelor Mother
Awards
Best Story and Screenplay (nom)
Pat and Mike
1952
Academy
Best Story and Screenplay (nom)
Adam's Rib
1950
Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom)
A Double Life
1947
Academy
Best Direction (nom)
A Man to Remember
1938
New York Film Critics Circle
Worked With
Production Teams:
George Cukor
Ruth Gordon
Burnett Guffey
Gerald Hirschfeld
Rudolph Maté
Rudolph Maté
Leo McCarey
Russell Metty
Walter Mirisch
Cliff Reid
Frank Ross
Actors:
Granville Bates
Joe Bernard
Rosemary Forsyth
Mary Young
Murray Alper
Heywood Hale Broun
Connie Gilchrist
Arthur E. Gould-Porter
Judy Holliday
Boyd Irwin
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