Garrett Fort
Garrett Elsden Fort (June 5, 1900 - October 26, 1945) was an American short story writer, playwright, and Hollywood screenwriter. He was also a close follower of Meher Baba.
Fort made his screenwriting debut with the silent film, One of the Finest (1917). Early in his career, Fort co-wrote the Broadway play Jarnegan (1928), based on the novel by Jim Tully. Fort's first talkie effort was the ground-breaking Rouben Mamoulian production Applause (1929). In 2006 Applause was recognized as a culturally, historically and aesthetically significant film by the National Film Registry.
Fort was adept at alternating horrific highlights with bits of unexpected humor. As a screenwriter he is best remembered for his work on the original screen adaptations of such horror/melodramas as Frankenstein (1931), Dracula (1931), Dracula's Daughter (1936), and The Mark of Zorro (1940).
Read more about Garrett Fort: Spiritual Life and Demise, Selected Filmography
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“My mind is just as open as it ever was, professor. But it’s a scientific mind, and there’s no place in it for superstitions.”
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)
“The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast, ‘Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.’”
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)
“I am Dracula.... I bid you welcome.”
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)
“You can’t murder a man who’s been dead for five centuries.”
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)
“The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast, ‘Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.’”
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)