Film and TelevisionGarson Kanin Estate2022-07-05T06:40:17+00:00
Film & Television Credits
Acting: Television
Directing & Writing: Documentary, Feature Film
Screenwriting: Film and Television
Actor – Television
In addition to personal appearances on talk shows and in documentaries, Mr. Kanin appeared in single episodes in the following series:
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Garson Kanin Credit |
Date(s) |
Additional Details |
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H.E.L.P. |
Actor |
1990 |
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Tattinger’s |
Actor |
1988 |
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Director – Documentary Films
Title |
Garson Kanin Credit |
Date(s) |
Additional Details |
Synopsis |
The True Glory |
Director with Carol Reed |
1945 |
- Columbia Pictures
- Cast: Dwight Eisenhower, Peter Ustinov, Robert Harris (voice over)
- Academy Award: Best Documentary
- National Board of Review: Best Film
- New York Film Critics Circle: Special Award
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The Allied invasion of Europe, from planning stages to the fall of Berlin, with extensive actual war footage. |
Night Shift |
Director |
1944 |
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Documentary short film opera about women working the night shift at a British armaments factory. (11 minutes)World War II Documentary short |
Night Stripes |
Director |
1944 |
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World War II Documentary short |
Battle Stations |
Director |
1944 |
- Cast: Ginger Rogers, James Cagney
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Short film with documentary footage of US Coast Guard during World War II, including SPARS, the Coast Guard’s women’s detachment. |
Salute to France |
Director with Jean Renoir |
1944 |
- United Artists
- Producer: Office of War Information
- Cast: Burgess Meredith, Claude Dauphin, Jose Ferrer (narrator)
- Writers: Philip Dunne, Burgess Meredith, Jean Renoir
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Short film with documentary footage of the German occupation of France in World War II. |
Ring of Steel |
Director |
1942 |
- Producer: Office of Emergency Management
- Cast: Spencer Tracy (narrator)
- Writer: Robert W. Russell
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Documentary short film about American ideals and the individual American soldier’s historical role in preserving them. (10 minutes) |
Fellow Americans |
Director |
1942 |
- Producer: Office of Emergency Management
- Cast: James Stewart (narrator)
- Writer: Robert W. Russell
- Music: Oscar Levant
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Documentary short film depicting the impact of the deaths of four United States servicemen in their home towns: a seaman from Grand Rapids, an airman from Tampa, a soldier from New York, and a marine from Port Arthur (Texas). (11 minutes) |
Director – Feature Films
Title |
Garson Kanin Credit |
Date(s) |
Writer(s) |
Additional Details |
Company |
Where It’s At |
Director, Writer |
1969 |
Garson Kanin |
- Notable Cast: David Janssen, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Drivas
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UA |
Some Kind of a Nut |
Director, Writer |
1969 |
Garson Kanin |
- Notable Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Angie Dickinson
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UA |
Tom, Dick and Harry |
Director |
1941 |
Paul Jarrico |
- Notable Cast: Ginger Rogers, Burgess Meredith, George Murphy
- Paul Jarrico received an Academy Award nomination
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RKO |
My Favorite Wife |
Director (uncredited as writer) |
1940 |
Sam and Bella Spewack and Leo McCarey |
- Notable Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick
- Leo McCarey received an Academy Award nomination
- Unfinished remake: Something’s Got to Give with Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin (1962)
- Remade as Move Over Darling with Doris Day and James Garner (1962)
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RKO |
They Knew What They Wanted |
Director |
1940 |
Robert Ardrey (screenplay), Sidney Howard (play) |
- Notable Cast: Charles Laughton, Carole Lombard, William Gargan
- William Gargan received an Academy Award nomination
- Broadway musical version: The Most Happy Fella (1957, 1979 & 1992)
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RKO |
Bachelor Mother |
Director |
1939 |
Felix Jackson (story), Norman Krasna (screenplay) |
- Notable Cast: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn
- Writer Felix Jackson received an Academy Award nomination
- Remade as Bundle of Joy (1956)
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RKO |
The Great Man Votes |
Director |
1939 |
Gordon Malherbe Hillman(story), John Twist (screenplay) |
- Notable Cast: John Barrymore, Virginia Weidler
- Remade as Swing Vote (2008)
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RKO |
The Next Time I Marry |
Director |
1938 |
Thames Williamson (Story), John Twist and Helen Meinardi (Screenplay) |
- Notable Cast: Lucille Ball, James Ellison
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RKO |
A Man to Remember |
Director |
1938 |
Dalton Trumbo (screenplay), Katharine Haviland-Taylor (story) |
- Notable Cast: Edward Ellis, Anne Shirley
- Garson Kanin Directorial Debut
- Remake of One Man’s Journey (1933)
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RKO |
Screenwriter – Feature Films & Television
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Garson Kanin Credit |
Date(s) |
Director |
Additional Details |
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Hardhat & Legs (Television) |
Writer |
1980 |
Lee Philips |
- CBS-TV
- Co-written with Ruth Gordon
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Some Kind of Nut |
Writer |
1969 |
Garson Kanin |
- United Artists
- Cast: Dick Van Dyke
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Where It’s At |
Writer |
1969 |
Garson Kanin |
- United Artists
- Cast: David Janssen, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Drivas
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Mr. Broadway |
Creator |
1964 |
Garson Kanin (pilot) |
- 1964 Series
- Garson Kanin directed pilot
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The Rat Race |
Writer (from his play) |
1960 |
Richard Mulligan |
- Paramount
- Writer: Garson Kanin (from his play), John Michael Hayes (uncredited)
- Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis
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High Time |
Writer (from his short story) |
1960 |
Blake Edwards |
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Co-written with Frank Waldman and Tom Waldman
- Cast: Bing Crosby, Fabian, Tuesday Weld
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The Right Approach |
Writer |
1960 |
David Butler |
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Based on Garson Kanin’s play The Live Wire
- Co-written with Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin
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The Girl Can’t Help It |
Writer (uncredited) |
1956 |
Frank Tashlin |
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Based on Garson Kanin’s novella Do Re Mi
- Co-written with Frank Tashlin and Herbert Baker
- Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell
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Born Yesterday |
Writer, Director |
1956 |
Garson Kanin |
- Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC
- Cast: Mary Martin, Paul Douglas
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It Should Happen to You |
Writer |
1954 |
George Cukor |
- Columbia
- Academy Award Nomination – Best Costume Design
- Cast: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford
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Pat and Mike |
Writer |
1952 |
George Cukor |
- MGM
- Co-written with Ruth Gordon
- Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray
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The Marrying Kind |
Writer |
1952 |
George Cukor |
- Columbia
- Co-written with Ruth Gordon
- Cast: Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray
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Born Yesterday |
Writer (from his play) |
1950 |
George Cukor |
- Columbia
- Writer: Garson Kanin (from his play, revised screenplay uncredited), Albert Mannheimer (screenplay)
- Academy Award Nominations – Best Costume Design, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay
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Adam’s Rib |
Writer |
1949 |
George Cukor |
- MGM
- Co-written with Ruth Gordon
- Academy Award Nomination – Best Screenplay
- Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell
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A Double Life |
Writer |
1947 |
George Cukor |
- Universal
- Co-written with Ruth Gordon
- Academy Award Nomination – Best Director, Best Screenplay
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From This Day Forward |
Writer (in collaboration) |
1946 |
John Berry |
- RKO
- In collaboration with: Hugo Butler (screenplay), Clifford Odets (uncredited), Charles Schnee (uncredited), Edith R. Sommer (uncredited)
- Based on Thomas Bell’s novel All Brides are Beautiful
- Cast: John Fontaine, Mark Stevens
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The More the Merrier |
Writer (in collaboration) |
1943 |
George Stevens |
- Columbia
- In collaboration with: Robert Russell (story and screenplay), Frank Ross (story and screenplay), Richard Flournoy (screenplay), Lewis R. Foster (screenplay)
- Cast: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn (Academy Award – Best Supporting Actor)
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