Biography
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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
as Self
Jack Lemmon made over 60 films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award Nominations and two Oscars. Later in life, his achievement ...

Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms
1996
as Self
Four-time Oscar-winner Katharine Hepburn called herself a "personality" as well as an actress, and rightfully so. This biography chronicles her life a...

Born Yesterday
1993
Theatre Play
A rich millionaire hires a sophisticated journalist to bring his somewhat dim-witted girlfriend up to the level of his peers. He fears that the showgi...

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
as Self
The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star.

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self
Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famo...

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self
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 profession...

The Silent Lovers
1980
Novel
The story of the ill-fated romance between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.

The Scarlett O'Hara War
1980
Novel
The trials and tribulations of David O. Selznick as he attempts to find an actress to play the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).

This Year's Blonde
1980
Novel
First he seduced her. Then he made her a star. He was Johnny Hyde, 52-year-old agent, friend, lover. She was an unemployed starlet — destined to be Am...

Hardhat & Legs
1980
Screenplay
A sex education teacher falls for a construction worker with a gambling problem.

Ferraille et chiffons
1972
Author

Some Kind of a Nut
1969
Director, Writer
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.

Where It's At
1969
Director, Writer
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 diff...

The Right Approach
1961
Theatre Play
An opportunistic young Hollywood singer, loyal only to himself, steps on everyone he meets in order to achieve success and fame.

High Time
1960
Story
Despite the dissapproval of his grown son and daughter, 51-year-old widdower and wealthy restauranteur Harvey Howard decides it's 'high time' to he ge...

The Rat Race
1960
Screenplay, Theatre Play
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 ...

The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
Stage Director
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

The Girl Can't Help It
1956
Novel
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.

It Should Happen to You
1954
Screenplay, Story
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 firs...

Pat and Mike
1952
Screenplay
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets fluste...

The Marrying Kind
1952
Writer
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 tim...

Born Yesterday
1950
Theatre Play
Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-...

Adam's Rib
1949
Screenplay
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...

A Double Life
1947
Screenplay
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

From This Day Forward
1946
Adaptation
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has no...

The True Glory
1945
Director
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 as...

A Salute to France
1944
Director
Directed by Garson Kanin and Jean Renoir.

The More the Merrier
1943
Additional Writing
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believi...

Ring of Steel
1942
Director
Documentary short detailing the American soldier's part in preserving the fundamental ideals of this nation. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...
Fellow Americans
1942
Director
After Pearl Harbor Lt. James Stewart narrated this film to rouse American support for the war.

Night Shift
1942
Director
Documentary short film depicting the work in a British armaments plant in which the night shift consists of women workers.

Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
Director
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. ...

They Knew What They Wanted
1940
Director
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 accept...

My Favorite Wife
1940
Director, Additional Writing
Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock...

Bachelor Mother
1939
Director
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, D...

The Great Man Votes
1939
Director, Additional Writing
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, ...

Next Time I Marry
1938
Director
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would s...

A Man to Remember
1938
Director
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.