Garrett Fort

Emerging from a New York upbringing, he initially sought a legal career in the 1920s while penning confession-style short pieces on the side, later taking a gate-keeping job at Famous Players Film Company that led to a writing contract with Cecil B. DeMille and subsequent work at Paramount Pictures. His talent for adapting and originating scripts earned him a reputation as “the Edgar Wallace of th… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources