Talbot Jennings
Talbot Jennings ( born August 24, 1894 in Shoshone, Idaho; † 30 May 1985 in East Glacier, Montana ) was an American screenwriter.
Life
Jennings was born in a Christian family the light of day; as his father was a deacon of the Episcopal Church of the U.S. states of Idaho and Wyoming. After graduating from high school in Nampa (Idaho ), and Jennings was sent as a soldier in the First World War, where he often fought in several battles for survival.
After his return to the States Jennings graduated from the University of Idaho, was a member of the fraternity Phi Beta Kappa, and received his degree in 1924. After Jennings moved to Harvard, where he received his master's degree. Most recently, he graduated from Yale University, where he studied drama.
Jennings ' film career began in 1934 when he was involved as a co -author on the production of the film drama We Live Again. Only one year later, in 1935, he wrote for his well -known film: Mutiny on the Bounty in 1936 brought him his first of two Oscar nominations in the Adapted Screenplay category a. Eleven years later, he again succeeded in 1947 to be nominated for a gold statue with Anna and the King of Siam - however, a distinction was always denied. Jennings wrote to 1957 exclusively for movies before he also wrote episodes for television series in the last eight years of his career, including in 1959 for the crime series 77 Sunset Strip. With The Sons of Katie Elder Jennings wrote in 1965 his latest screenplay.
Jennings, on the last two decades of life, or even his private life nothing is known, died in 1985, at the age of 90 years to cancer.