Michael Kanin
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Michael Kanin
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The older brother of "boy wonder" writer/producer/director Garson Kanin, Michael Kanin was a fine talent in his own right. After serving a creative apprenticeship writing and acting in Catskill resort shows with his brother, Kanin worked as a commercial artist and musician. In 1939 he was signed to a screenwriting contract at RKO, where he met his future wife and frequent collaborator Fay Mitchell. With another collaborator, Ring Lardner Jr., Kanin won an Academy Award for his work on MGM's Woman of the Year (1941); he would later receive a best screenplay Oscar nomination for the 1958 Clark Gable-Doris Day comedy Teacher's Pet. Kanin went on to co-produce (with his wife) the popular 1948 Ronald Colman melodrama A Double Life (1948), and made a once-only stab at directing with the 1951 seriocomedy When I Grow Up. After 1960, Michael Kanin's work showed signs that he was a bit out of touch with contemporary audiences; he retired in 1969, after working on the anachronistic Bob Hope vehicle How to Commit Marriage (1969). ~ Hal Erickson, RoviFilmography:
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Michael Kanin
| Michael Kanin | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 1, 1910 Rochester, New York, USA |
| Died | March 12, 1993 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Writer, Screenwriter, Director |
| Years active | 1939-1969 |
| Spouse | Fay Kanin (1940-1993) |
Michael Kanin (February 1, 1910 – March 12, 1993) was an American director, producer, playwright and screenwriter who shared an Academy Award with Ring Lardner Jr. in 1942 for writing the Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy film comedy Woman of the Year.[1]
Born in Rochester, New York, his first job was writing and acting in Catskills resort shows with his brother Garson Kanin. In 1939 he was signed to a screenwriting contract at RKO. He married RKO co-worker Fay Kanin in 1940 and collaborated with her on many projects, notably The Outrage. Together, they received an Academy Award nomination for Teacher's Pet.
References
- ^ Collins, Glenn (March 16, 1993). Michael Kanin, 83, Film Writer For Hepburn and Tracy, Is Dead. New York Times
External links
- Michael Kanin at the Internet Movie Database
- Michael Kanin at the Internet Broadway Database
- Fay and Michael Kanin Collection via Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Michael Kanin at Find a Grave
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Mentioned in
The Right Approach
(1961 Drama Film)
Garson Kanin
(Director, Writer, Comedy/Romance)
Teacher's Pet
(1958 Comedy Film)
Woman of the Year
(1942 Comedy Film)
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