Oliver H. P. Garrett | |
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Born |
New Bedford, Massachusetts, US | May 6, 1894
Died | February 22, 1952 New York City, US | (aged 57)
Occupation(s) | Film director, writer, newspaperman, rifleman |
Oliver H. P. Garrett (May 6, 1894 – February 22, 1952) was an American film director, writer, newspaperman, and rifleman.
Oliver H. P. Garrett was born in Laurens County, South Carolina. [1]
By the fall of 1917 he was a rifleman who fought against the Germans, but he was wounded and won the Distinguished Service Cross. [2] He interviewed Al Capone and Adolf Hitler in 1923 after the failed Pusch and in the early 1930s. [2] He was a newspaperman for The Sun in the 1920s, [2] and he was the only on board of the SS Morro Castle until his burning and sinking[ clarification needed]. [2] He was hired by David O. Selznick after writing the final script of Gone with the Wind (1939) because Scott Fitzgerald wanted a film[ clarification needed] of conventional length. [3]
Garrett was a close friend and next-door neighbour to Hollywood producer Irving Thalberg. [3] When Thalberg married movie star Norma Shearer, Oliver was the usher of the wedding. [3]
He directed and wrote the screenplay for Careful, Soft Shoulder (1942). [4] The script employs a first-person narrative and his direction is not imaginative and uses a first-person camera. [5]
He wrote the story and dialogue for Street of Chance (1942), [6] based on the life of the gangster Arthur Rothstein and it is a remake of the 1930 film. [7] According to Louella O. Parsons, "Oliver H. P. Garrett has written a thriling story, but even so, much of the credit must go to John Cromwell, who directed the story with finesse and with a fine regard for detail. [8]
He wrote the story for the crime drama Her Husband Lies (1937), which was adapted and was also a remake of Street of Chance, starring William Powell and Kay Francis. [7] He wrote the screenplay and the dialogue of For the Defense (1930), [6] and Scandal Sheet (1931). [9] The Texan (1930) was based on an adaption of the story The Double-Eyed Deceiver. [10] City Streets (1931), directed by Rouben Mamoulian, was adapted by Max Marcin and Garrett wrote the script. [11] [12] He wrote the screenplay for The Man I Married (1940). [13]
Oliver H. P. Garrett | |
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Born |
New Bedford, Massachusetts, US | May 6, 1894
Died | February 22, 1952 New York City, US | (aged 57)
Occupation(s) | Film director, writer, newspaperman, rifleman |
Oliver H. P. Garrett (May 6, 1894 – February 22, 1952) was an American film director, writer, newspaperman, and rifleman.
Oliver H. P. Garrett was born in Laurens County, South Carolina. [1]
By the fall of 1917 he was a rifleman who fought against the Germans, but he was wounded and won the Distinguished Service Cross. [2] He interviewed Al Capone and Adolf Hitler in 1923 after the failed Pusch and in the early 1930s. [2] He was a newspaperman for The Sun in the 1920s, [2] and he was the only on board of the SS Morro Castle until his burning and sinking[ clarification needed]. [2] He was hired by David O. Selznick after writing the final script of Gone with the Wind (1939) because Scott Fitzgerald wanted a film[ clarification needed] of conventional length. [3]
Garrett was a close friend and next-door neighbour to Hollywood producer Irving Thalberg. [3] When Thalberg married movie star Norma Shearer, Oliver was the usher of the wedding. [3]
He directed and wrote the screenplay for Careful, Soft Shoulder (1942). [4] The script employs a first-person narrative and his direction is not imaginative and uses a first-person camera. [5]
He wrote the story and dialogue for Street of Chance (1942), [6] based on the life of the gangster Arthur Rothstein and it is a remake of the 1930 film. [7] According to Louella O. Parsons, "Oliver H. P. Garrett has written a thriling story, but even so, much of the credit must go to John Cromwell, who directed the story with finesse and with a fine regard for detail. [8]
He wrote the story for the crime drama Her Husband Lies (1937), which was adapted and was also a remake of Street of Chance, starring William Powell and Kay Francis. [7] He wrote the screenplay and the dialogue of For the Defense (1930), [6] and Scandal Sheet (1931). [9] The Texan (1930) was based on an adaption of the story The Double-Eyed Deceiver. [10] City Streets (1931), directed by Rouben Mamoulian, was adapted by Max Marcin and Garrett wrote the script. [11] [12] He wrote the screenplay for The Man I Married (1940). [13]