Garson Kanin

Writing

Garson Kanin

Born 1912-11-24 · Rochester, New York, USA

Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Garson Kanin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond poster
8.5

The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star.

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

1990

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man poster
7.0

A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms poster
5.0

Four-time Oscar-winner Katharine Hepburn called herself a "personality" as well as an actress, and rightfully so. This biography chronicles her life as an independent woman and legendary actress, from her childhood to her passionate relationships. Brought to light are thoughts on Howard Hughes, John Ford and longtime companion Spencer Tracy. Her story comes to life through rare home movies, screen tests, movie outtakes and interviews.

Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms

1996

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman poster
7.5

Jack Lemmon made over 60 films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award Nominations and two Oscars. Later in life, his achievement was enriched by new challenges in which he exposed the vulnerability and emotion of the later years as few had dared. He reveled in his ongoing screen partnerships with directors like Billy Wilder and stars like Walter Matthau. Narrated on-camera by Jack Lemmon, this documentary includes interviews with Lemmon's son, the actor Chris Lemmon. Also appearing are such legends as Jack's life-long friend, the writer and director Billy Wilder, writer-director Garson Kanin, drama teacher Uta Hagen and actor Gregory Peck.

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

1996

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story poster
NR

Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life events.

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn poster
8.3

In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

1986

Behind the camera

Pat and Mike poster
6.4

Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.

Pat and Mike

1952

The Rat Race poster
6.8

An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.

The Rat Race

1960

My Favorite Wife poster
7.0

Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.

My Favorite Wife

1940

Adam's Rib poster
7.1

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.

Adam's Rib

1949

A Double Life poster
6.4

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

A Double Life

1947

It Should Happen to You poster
7.1

Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.

It Should Happen to You

1954

Bachelor Mother poster
7.2

Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.

Bachelor Mother

1939

A Salute to France poster
7.5

Commissioned to prepare Allied troops for the liberation of Europe, the film uses a blend of staged narratives and historical footage to promote solidarity and dispel the myth that France was a nation of willing collaborators.

A Salute to France

1944

Night Shift poster
9.0

Documentary short film depicting the work in a British armaments plant in which the night shift consists of women workers.

Night Shift

1942

They Knew What They Wanted poster
6.0

While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.

They Knew What They Wanted

1940

Where It's At poster
4.0

A "Sixties Generation" comedy about an offbeat father-son relationship. Dad runs a Las Vegas hotel-casino and his son is a college student with a different set of moral and ethical standards. When they meet in Vegas, they immediately clash in their efforts to understand one another.

Where It's At

1969

Where It's At poster
4.0

A "Sixties Generation" comedy about an offbeat father-son relationship. Dad runs a Las Vegas hotel-casino and his son is a college student with a different set of moral and ethical standards. When they meet in Vegas, they immediately clash in their efforts to understand one another.

Where It's At

1969

Some Kind of a Nut poster
4.2

A New York City bank teller becomes a media celebrity when he refuses to comply with his employer's demands that he shave his beard.

Some Kind of a Nut

1969

Some Kind of a Nut poster
4.2

A New York City bank teller becomes a media celebrity when he refuses to comply with his employer's demands that he shave his beard.

Some Kind of a Nut

1969

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7.0

After Pearl Harbor Lt. James Stewart narrated this film to rouse American support for the war.

Fellow Americans

1942

The Marrying Kind poster
6.7

Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved.

The Marrying Kind

1952

Tom, Dick and Harry poster
6.0

Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom, Chicago millionaire Dick and auto mechanic Harry. But Janie just can't seem to make up her mind between them. While fantasizing about her futures with each of the men, Janie spends her time desperately trying to juggle between them until she can make a decision.

Tom, Dick and Harry

1941

Next Time I Marry poster
7.2

Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays Tony Anthony, working on a WPA road project, to marry, then divorce her. When Nancy inadvertently drives off with Tony's dog, Tony seemingly kidnaps her to retrieve the pooch, which leads to a cross-country race between the two to reach Reno and the divorce court since neither one wants to be the second to file papers.

Next Time I Marry

1938

A Man to Remember poster
6.7

On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.

A Man to Remember

1938

The True Glory poster
6.5

A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great Britain and covers all the major events of the war in Europe from the Normandy landings to the fall of Berlin.

The True Glory

1945

The Great Man Votes poster
6.4

In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.

The Great Man Votes

1939

Hardhat & Legs poster
6.3

A sex education teacher falls for a construction worker with a gambling problem.

Hardhat & Legs

1980

Born Yesterday poster
NR

A rich junk dealer hires a tutor to teach his brassy lover proper etiquette, he is beginning to move up in the world, so, he wants her to be a little less uncouth. As long as she doesn't start thinking. However, that ended with unexpected results.

Born Yesterday

1956

Born Yesterday poster
NR

A rich junk dealer hires a tutor to teach his brassy lover proper etiquette, he is beginning to move up in the world, so, he wants her to be a little less uncouth. As long as she doesn't start thinking. However, that ended with unexpected results.

Born Yesterday

1956