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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Tay Garnett papers
Creator:
Garnett, Tay
Identifier/Call Number: 2502
Physical Description:
5.979 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1928-1963
Abstract: This collection contains the papers and scrapbooks of American film writer and director Tay Garnett (1898-1977), including
screenplays, scripts, and scrapbooks.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2
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Container: 4
Tay Garnett (1894-1977) was an American film director and writer. Garnet produced and directed films such as "Joy of Living"
(1938), "Trade Winds" (1938), "Eternally Yours" (1939), and "Slightly Honorable" (1939). He created the NBC Red comedy-detective
radio program "Three Sheets to the Wind" (1942). Garnett wrote "That's My Baby" (1926), "Up in Mabel's Room" (1926), "The
Strong Man" (1926), "There You Are!" (1926), "The Cruise of the Jasper B" (1926), and "Rubber Tires" (1927).
This collection contains the papers and scrapbooks of American film writer and director Tay Garnett (1898-1977). Materials
include approximately 39 screenplays, most annotated by Garnett, including One-Way Passage (1932), China Seas (1935), Bataan
(1943), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), and Cattle King (1963); scripts for approximately 20 episodes of Three Sheets
to the Wind (1942), a half-hour radio program produced and directed by Garnett and starring John Wayne; and 2 scrapbooks containing
reviews, clippings, programs, and posters relating to Garnett's career from 1928 to 1937.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Tay Garnett, December 31, 1969.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Tay Garnett papers, Collection no. 2502, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Screenwriters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Screenplays
Radio programs -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Scrapbooks
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Posters
Reviews (documents)
Motion pictures -- Reviews -- Archival resources
Garnett, Tay -- Archives