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Garrett Fort
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Garrett Elsden Fort (June 5, 1900 - October 26, 1945) was an American short story writer, playwright, and prolific Hollywood screenwriter.
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. [1]
As a screenwriter he is best remembered for his work on the original screen adaptations of such mythical monsters and heroes as Frankenstein (1931), Dracula (1931), Dracula's Daughter (1936), and The Mark of Zorro (1940). [2]
Garrett Fort became deeply interested in the spiritual path and was a devotee of Indian guru Meher Baba who he met in Hollywood in 1934. He worked with Mercedes de Acosta to develop a screenplay based on Baba's philosophy. He eventually travelled to India in 1937 to continue the screenplay. However, he became depressed and returned to America. Upon returning he found it difficult to find profitable work and died penniless in a Hollywood Hotel room in 1945 of an overdose of sleeping pills. [3] Fort remained in contact with Meher Baba until the end of his life and was included in Meher Baba's list of deceased male followers that Baba had a disciple read out to him in 1967.
- ^ Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Internet Movie Database
- ^ Lord Meher, Bhau Kalchuri, Manifestation Inc. 1986. pp.1942, 2141, 3039
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