Talbot Jennings

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Talbot Jennings (born August 24, 1894 in Shoshone , Idaho , † May 30, 1985 in East Glacier , Montana ) was an American screenwriter .

Life

Jennings was born into a Christian family; so his father was a deacon of the Episcopal Church for the US states Idaho and Wyoming . After graduating from high school in Nampa, Idaho, Jennings was also sent to the First World War as a soldier , where he often fought for survival in several battles.

After returning to the States, Jennings graduated from the University of Idaho , where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity , and graduated in 1924. Jennings then moved to Harvard and received his Masters there . Most recently he graduated from Yale University , where he studied drama .

Jennings' film career began in 1934 when he co-wrote the production of the drama We Live Again . Only one year later, in 1935, he wrote for what is probably his best-known film: Mutiny on the Bounty earned him his first of two Oscar nominations in the category Best Adapted Screenplay in 1936 . Eleven years later, he succeeded in being nominated again for a gold statue with Anna and the King of Siam in 1947 - but he was always denied an award. Jennings wrote exclusively for movies until 1957, before he also wrote episodes for television series in the last eight years of his career, including the 1959 crime series 77 Sunset Strip . Jennings wrote his last screenplay in 1965 with The Four Sons of Katie Elder .

Jennings, nothing is known about the last two decades of life, or even his private life, died in 1985, at the age of 90 years to cancer .

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SURNAME Jennings, Talbot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Shoshone , Idaho
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1985
Place of death East Glacier , Montana