Showing posts with label Tay Garnett. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tay Garnett. Show all posts

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Born on this day – Tay Garnett:



Tay Garnett


Director

Writer

June 13, 1894 – October 3, 1977

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Beauty Parlor (1926); A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949); A Mandarin Mixup (1924); Alcoa Theatre (1957); All Wool (1925); Bad Company (1931); Bataan (1943); Bonanza (1963–1965); Broken Chains (1922); Cafe Hostess (1940); Cattle King (1963); Cause for Alarm! (1951); Celebrity (1928); Challenge to Be Free (1975); Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941); China Seas (1935); Death Valley Days (1961–1966); Destination Unknown (1933); Detained (1924); Don't Park There (1924); Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925); Eternally Yours (1939); Fast Black (1924); Femme Fatales (2012); Fiddlesticks (1927); Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956); Frontier Circus (1962); Galloping Bungalows (1924); Getting Gertie's Garter (1927); Goodyear Theatre (1957–1958); Gunsmoke (1961–1966); Half a Man (1925); Her Man (1930); Hold Tight (1925); Honeymoon Hardships (1925); Joy of Living (1938); Laramie (1961); Long Pants (1927); Love Is News (1937); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Mrs. Parkington (1944); My Favorite Spy (1942); Naked City (1960–1961); Navy Blue Days (1925); No Control (1927); Off His Trolley (1924); Officer O'Brien (1930); Oh, Yeah? (1929); Okay America! (1932); On the Links (1925); One Minute to Zero (1952); One Way Passage (1932); Overland Trail (1960); Panama Flo (1932); Pie-Eyed (1925); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Power (1928); Prestige (1931); Professional Soldier (1935); Puppy Lovetime (1926); Rawhide (1962); Riders of the Kitchen Range (1925); Riverboat (1960); Rubber Tires (1927); S.O.S. Iceberg (1933); Salute (1925); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Seven Sinners (1940); Seven Wonders of the World (1956); She Couldn't Take It (1935); Since You Went Away (1944); Skyscraper (1928); Slave Ship (1937); Slightly Honorable (1939); Smith's Visitor (1926); Soldiers Three (1951); Somewhere in Wrong (1925); Stand-In (1937); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's My Baby (1926); The 15th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1963); The Beachcomber (1962); The Black Knight (1954); The Boy from Stalingrad (1943); The Cop (1928); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926); The Delta Factor (1970); The Deputy (1960–1961); The Fireball (1950); The Flying Fool (1929); The Funnymooners (1926); The Hottentot (1922); The Legend of Jesse James (1965–1966); The Loner (1965); The Loretta Young Show (1958–1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The New Loretta Young Show (1962–1963); The Night Fighters (1960); The Plumber (1925); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946); The Quack Doctor (1920); The Racket (1951); The Reckless Mollycoddle (1927); The Sleuth (1925); The Snow Hawk (1925); The Spieler (1928); The Strong Man (1926); The Tall Man (1961–1962); The Timber Tramps (1973); The Uncovered Wagon (1923); The Untouchables (1959–1960); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Wise Wife (1927); There You Are! (1926); Three Wise Goofs (1925); Trade Winds (1938); Turkish Delight (1927); Twins (1925); Unexpected Uncle (1941); Up in Mabel's Room (1926); Wagon Train (1959–1960); Weekend for Three (1941); West of Hot Dog (1924); Whispering Smith (1961); White Gold (1927); Who's Your Friend (1925); Wild Harvest (1947).

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

On this day in movie history - Challenge to Be Free (1975)

 

Challenge to Be Free

a.k.a. Mad Trapper of the Yukon and Mad Trapper.


Directed by Tay Garnett,

written by Anne Bosworth, Chuck D. Keen and Dick North,

music by Ian Bernard,

narrated by John McIntire,

was released in the United States on November 5, 1975.

Based on the true 1932 case of Albert Johnson, a.k.a. The Mad Trapper of Rat River.

Cast:
Mike Mazurki, Fritz Ford, Vic Christy, Jimmy Kane, Alex Van Bibber, Tay Garnett, Gordon Yardley, Bob McKinnon, Roger Reitano, Ted Yardley, Brian Russell, Connie Yardley, Patty Piper, John McIntire.