Talbot Jennings

Screenwriter

About

Read More

Birth Place

Shoshone, Idaho, USA

Died

May 30, 1985

Cause of Death

Cancer

Filmography

Read More

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

The Naked Maja (1959)

Gunsight Ridge (1957)

Written for Screen by

Escape to Burma (1955)

Photos & Videos

View All

Knights Of The Round Table (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Spoiled My Fight

Knights Of The Round Table (1954) -- (Movie Clip) I Make You Henceforth The Queen's Champion

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

The Naked Maja (1959)

Gunsight Ridge (1957)

Written for Screen by

Escape to Burma (1955)

Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)

Additional Dialogue

A Man Alone (1955)

Knights of the Round Table (1954)

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

The Black Rose (1950)

Anna and the King of Siam (1946)

Frenchman's Creek (1944)

Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)

Contract Writer

So Ends Our Night (1941)

Edison, the Man (1940)

Northwest Passage (Book I--Rogers' Rangers) (1940)

Northwest Passage (1940)

Rulers of the Sea (1939)

Story and Screenplay

Spawn of the North (1938)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

The Good Earth (1937)

Conquest (1937)

Contract Writer

Romeo and Juliet (1936)

Arrangements for the screen by

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Life Events

Videos

Knights Of The Round Table (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Spoiled My Fight The first meeting between Lancelot (Robert Taylor), who's come to serve the new king, and Arthur (Mel Ferrer), who fight over a minor offense until they exchange names, Maureen Swanson the escorted bystander, in MGM's first wide-screen film, Knights Of The Round Table, 1954.

Knights Of The Round Table (1954) -- (Movie Clip) I Make You Henceforth The Queen's Champion The pretty form of Guinivere (Ava Gardner) is emphasized in her speedy wedding to Arthur (Mel Ferrer) and Lancelot (Robert Taylor) arriving late, is rewarded for his service, in MGM's Knights Of The Round Table, 1953.

Anna And The King Of Siam (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I Am 150 Years Old! Unhappy that she and her son have been situated next to the harem, new governess Anna (Irene Dunne) and son (Richard Lyon) are brought (by royal aide Lee J. Cobb) before the king (Rex Harrison, his first appearance), early in Anna And The King Of Siam, 1946,

Anna And The King Of Siam (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I Will Do Remembering Kept waiting again, the new English governess (Irene Dunne) and son (Richard Lyon) finally get attention from the king (Rex Harrison), first angered over his press, then dismissing his earlier commitments, relations warming nonetheless, in Anna And The King Of Siam, 1946.

Romeo And Juliet (1936) -- (Movie Clip) A Madness Most Discreet First scene for Leslie Howard in the male lead role, visited by cousin Benvolio (Reginald Denny), in MGM's production of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet, 1936, directed by George Cukor, co-starring Norma Shearer.

Romeo And Juliet (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Time Out Of MInd En route to the masque at the house of Capulet, Leslie Howard as Romeo is the object of John Barrymore as friend Mercutio, delivering the MGM version of the what's known as Shakespeare's "Queen Mab" speech, in director George Cukor's Romeo And Juliet, 1936.

Good Earth, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) This Is The Day! Epic dimensions from MGM in the opening scenes, introducing Chinese Wang Lung (Paul Muni) on his wedding day, plus neighbors, his father (Charley Grapewin) and some attitudes, in The Good Earth, 1937.

Good Earth, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Thalberg Generally seen as historic, the opening titles featuring the almost-sole screen credit ever given to MGM studio chief Irving Thalberg, undertaken by his colleagues to mark his death at age 37, from The Good Earth, 1937, from the Pearl S. Buck novel.

Good Earth, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) A Tree Will Grow Chinese peasant Wang (Paul Muni) meets and marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer, who won the Best Actress Academy Award), early in MGM's The Good Earth, 1937, from the Pearl S. Buck novel.

Anna And The King Of Siam (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I Was Married The first scene from the first movie version of the famous story of Anna Leonowens, Irene Dunne the title character, with son Louis (Richard Lyon), her ship's captain (Addison Richards) and a much-darkened Lee J. Cobb (as "Kralahome") greeting, from Anna And The King Of Siam, 1946.

Romeo And Juliet (1936) -- (Movie Clip) What Lady Is That? Spectacle from director George Cukor and MGM, as Romeo (Leslie Howard) is entranced as his first sight of Juliet (Norma Shearer), in the 1936 production of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet.

Romeo And Juliet (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Look Upon Thy Death Good sword-fight on a terrific set, Andy Devine as comical servant Peter, the brawl featuring Reginald Denny as Benvolio of the Montagues, Basil Rathbone as Tybalt of the Capulets, Conway Tearle the prince intervening, early in MGM's Romeo And Juliet, 1936.

Bibliography

By using this site, you agree to our updated Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use