...Решив уточнить кое-что о жизни этого легендарного человека, я с удивлением обнаружила, что во всем рунете не могу найти о нем ни слова по-русски. Стараясь это исправить, я перевела небольшую статью об этом невероятном фотографе, в которой, хоть и несколько схематично, обозначены главные вехи его жизни. Итак:

Мюррей Гарретт  сочетал в себе одновременно визуальное чувство папарацци и тактичность близкого друга.  Как светский фотограф, в 40-50-х годах, он снимал знаменитостей, порой, в откровенных, но никогда не в смущающих ситуациях. Ключом к невероятному успеху Гарретта было доверие. Звезды кино, продюсеры, режиссеры и агенты знали, что ЭТОТ фотограф всегда исполняет свои обещания - обстоятельство, открывавшее ему все двери на протяжении многих лет. 


BRANDO AND CAT


JANE RUSSELL

"Есть просто фотографы и есть Мюррей Гарретт. Его волшебный глаз или секретное устройство в его камере фиксирует что-то необыкновенное, что-то особое, пропущенное другими фотографами."
- Боб Хоуп



Murray Garrett

В 1941 году, сразу после окончания школы, Гарретт начал свою карьеру в Нью-Йорке, работая для Graphic House, ведущего фотоагенства.  Будучи ассистентом легендарного театрального фотографа Эйлин Дарби, Гарретт снимал такие бродвейские хиты как  "Oklahoma", "Carousel", "Stalag 17", "On The Town" и бессчетное множество других.
Первым заданием Мюррея Гарретта, тинейджера-новичка, было сделать материал о посещении мюзикла Элеонорой Рузвельт и лидером лейбористов Филлипа Мюррея в Ньюарке, штат Нью-Джерси.

С такого вот благоприятного старта и до момента, когда он оставил свои камеры, Гарретт работал и общался со знаменитостями из мира шоу-бизнеса, спорта, политики, искусства и науки... полный список которых заставил бы позеленеть от зависти самого Ларри Кинга. 

В 1946, Graphic House, Inc. открыл новое отделение на западном побережье. Гарретта отправили в Голливуд - развивать новое направление. Меньше чем за год после прибытия туда, Гарретт стал шефом бюро и вскоре был автором почти всех главных публикаций. Контракт на съемку тура известного комика Боба Хоупа, который включал в себя и радио-шоу, стал поворотным пунктом в карьере Гарретта. Хоуп был так доволен фотографиями Гарретта и его уникальной способностью работать в эффективной, но при этом ненавязчивой манере, что попросил Гарретта снимать все его радио-шоу. В последующие 25 лет, фотограф запечатлел всю радио- и телевизионную деятельность неугомонного Хоупа.


June 1954:  British-born comedian Bob Hope (1903 - 2003) is tempted by an apple from his guest, German actor Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992), on the set of Hope's radio program, Hollywood, California.

В начале 50-х талант Гарретта заметили многие звезды, их PR-компании и крупные киностудии. В результате фотограф решил оставить Graphic House  и отправиться в самостоятельное плавание.  Он основал фирму Garrett-Howard, Inc., вместе со своим давним другом, фотографом-портретистом Джином Хоуардом. За короткое время они стали одним из самых успешных фотоагенств в Голливуде, предлагая как студийную и свободную съемки для издательств, так и занимаясь съемкой личных мероприятий своих звездных клиентов. Гаррет, например, эксклюзивно освещал частный, закрытый прием Фрэнка Синатры в честь дня рождения Натали Вуд. И он же был единственным фотографом, которого Элизабет Тейлор и Ричард Бартон пригласили с собой в поездку в Диснейлэнд, где супруги жили в личных апартаментах Уолта Диснея. И, конечно, только Гарретт был допущен снимать в церкви, заполненной высшими чиновника из правительства и половиной Голливуда на свадьбе дочери Боба Хоупа - якобы, по причинам повышенной безопасности.

 В 60-х, Лео Монахан (сегодня известный иллюстратор) присоединился к тандему Garrett-Howard в качестве партнера и арт-директора. Компанию переименовали в  Studio Five, Incorporated. Почти сразу Studio Five стала лидером в области дизайна и фотографии, обслуживающим индустрию развлечений. Studio Five работала на все крупные киностудии и звукозаписывающие компании в Америке.  За год она создавала до трехсот пятидесяти  обложек для альбомов. В этот период Гарретта избрали в дирекцию NARAS (Национальная Академия Звукозаписывающих Искусств и Наук).

В январе 1989 года, Академия Кинематографических Искусств и Наук решила почтить Мастера Фотографии и устроила прием в честь открытия ретроспективной выставки Мюррея Гарретта. Более двухсот членов Академии и гостей восхищались работами Гарретта.

Через несколько лет по многочисленным просьбам друзей и коллег,  Гарретт опубликовал свою первую книгу "HOLLYWOOD CANDID, A Photographer Remembers". Её выпустил Гарри Н. Абрамс, главный в мире издатель книг по фотографии и искусству .  Осенью 2000-го года альбом увидел свет и включал в себя забавные комментарии Гарретта, сопровождающие его фотографии самых знаменитых и очаровательных людей в мире. 

А не так давно Гарретт, собрав свои работы и записи из книги, принял участие в программе OASIS в Лос-Анджелесе. Это некоммерческая, образовательная организация, призванная улучшить качество жизни пожилых людей. Гарретт рассказывал истории о славных днях Голливуда и его героях в серии лекций, названных "Hollywood's Magic Moments".

Неудивительно, что новую книгу, вышедшую в октябре 2002-го года, Мюррей Гарретт так и назвал - "Hollywood Moments". 


ZSA ZSA GABOR TELLING SECRETS


YOUR SEAT MADAM


WARREN BEATTY & NATALIE WOOD


UNCLE MILTY


THE REHEARSAL


 Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh sharing an intimate moment at a Hollywood gathering.


SOPHIA LAUREN


SHIRLIEY MACLAINE & VIRNA LISI


RICHARD BURTON & LIZA TODD AT DISNEYLAND


NBC RADIO SHOW


NATALIE AT HOME WITH RECORDS


NATALIE AND PET CANARY


MR. ED AND PAL



MARLON BRANDO WITH CAT






BRANDO AT HOME




BRANDO AT HIS RECORD PLAYER


1954:  American actor Marlon Brando sits on a sofa with a typewriter in his lap while a cat lays across his shoulders at his home in Los Angeles, California.


MARIE WILSON, JOAN CRAWFORD & CESAR ROMERO




LIZ TAYLOR & RICHARD BURTON


LIZ TAYLOR & MIKE TODD


LAUREN GETS HER COFFEE


KIRK DOUGLAS & NANCY DAVIS AT DINNER




DEAN MARTIN, KIRK DOUGLAS & NANCY DAVIS


DEAN CRACKS-UP KIRK & NANCY


KIRK DOUGLAS & LIZ TAYLOR


KEEFE BRASSELLE


JUDY GARLAND & SID LUFT


  September 1954: American actors and singers Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998) and Judy Garland (1922 - 1969) smile together at the premiere of director George Cukor's film 'A Star Is Born,' in which Garland starred, Hollywood, California.


JOANNE WOODWARD & PAUL NEWMAN


circa 1965:  Married American actors Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman wear riding costumes at a SHARE Boomtown party held at the Moulin Rouge nightclub, Hollywood, California.


JIMMY SINGS


JIMMY DURANTE


JERRY, BETTY AND DEAN


JANET LEIGH, SANTA AKA, & DEAN MARTIN


JANE RUSSELL


JAMES MASON DRIVING


JACK LEMON AND WIFE


HARRY BELAFONTE SINGS


FUNNY LEWIS & TONY CURTIS


CROONER RECORDS
Circa 1953, American singer and actor Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998) during a recording session at Capitol Records.


 Sinatra in his Beverly Hills office in the early 1950s.


ETHEL MURMAN

ELIZABETH TAYLOR

RICHARD BURTON

CHITA RIVERA

CLARK GABLE AND WIFE


CARLO PONTI AND SOPHIA LAUREN


BOGEY LIGHTS LAUREN'S CIGARETTE


BOB HOPE DIRECTS AVA GARDNER


BING CROSBY


AMERICAN LEGENDS


 1954: American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) emerges from a car, wearing a strapless white gown and white fur coat at the premiere of director Walter Lang's film 'There's No Business Like Show Business'.


 Monroe making an entrance, on the arm of studio executive Richard Gulley.


  circa 1952: American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) sits at a banquet table during a party for studio executive Darryl F Zanuck in the Hollywood Hilton, Hollywood, California, early 1950s.


MARRYING MILLIONAIRES
1953:  American actors Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962, left) and Betty Grable (1916 - 1973) at the premiere of director Jean Negulesco's film, 'How to Marry a Millionaire'.

OUT OF THIS WORLD
Marilyn Monroe with  Dale Robertson


1953:Full-length image of American actors Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) and Jane Russell standing in the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theater while promoting director Howard Hawks's film, 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,' Hollywood, California. A woman is adjusting Monroe's halter dress from behind.


1953:  A full-length portrait of Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) and Jane Russell imprinting their high-heeled shoes in wet cement during a ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theater.


American actors Marilyn Monroe (C) and Jane Rusell speak to an unidentified man while promoting director Howard Hawks' film, 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California, 1953.


 1954:  Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) arriving at the premiere of the film 'There's No Business like Show Business'.


MARILYN MONROE , 1953


18th September 1952: Mexican-born welterweight boxer Art 'Golden Boy' Aragon and American actors Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), Mickey Rooney and Dale Robertson clown during the celebrity 'Out of This World' series baseball game, Los Angeles, California. Rooney grabs Aragon's baseball jersey while Monroe stands between them.


1953: Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) smiles as she poses with fans in front of the Wilshire Beauty Shop at the premiere of director Jean Negulesco's film 'How to Marry a Millionaire,' Hollywood, California.


Marilyn, Boggy and Bacall




GOLDEN GIRL
circa 1953:  American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) sits at a banquet table during a Photoplay Gold Medal Awards dinner. Monroe won two of the magazine's awards. In 1952 she won a special award and in 1953 she won Most Popular Female Star.


American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) (left) laughs with fellow actress Lauren Bacall at the premiere of Jean Negulesco's film 'How to Marry a Millionaire,' in which both actresses star, November 5, 1953.


1951:  American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) and American gossip columnist Louella Parsons smile while being seated by maitre d' Jack Martin at a Cinerama premiere, held at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, Hollywood, California.


CINERAMA PARTY
1953:  American actors Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) and Donald O'Connor (right) sitting and talking with American composer and lyricist Cole Porter (1891 - 1964) at a dining table at a Cinerama party at the Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California.

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. A night out in the early 1950s.


circa 1955:  French actor Leslie Caron (left) and American actor Shirley MacLaine laughing together while sitting at a dining table at a party, Hollywood, California.


1963:  American actor Jayne Mansfield smiles at the camera while dancing with her husband, Hungarian-born actor Mickey Hargitay, at the Cocoanut Grove, Hollywood, California.


GUARDING MARLENE
13th October 1954: German-born actor Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992) followed by a security officer at the premiere of director George Cukor's film 'A Star is Born', Hollywood, California.


ROBERT MITCHUM AND SHIRLEY MACLAINE


October 1957:  British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor stands between her third husband, American producer Mike Todd (L), and American actor Van Johnson at an event for director Edward Dmytryk's film, 'Raintree County,' in which Taylor starred, Los Angeles, California.

TRY SOME
circa 1955: American pianist and composer Liberace (1919 - 1987) smiles as he shares a box of popcorn with American pop singer Rosemary Clooney (1928 - 2002) inside a nightclub, Hollywood, California. Clooney eats a kernel of popcorn with her eyes wide open.

1961:  Headshot of vocalist Tina Turner singing into a microphone during a recording session in a dimly-lit studio, Los Angeles, California.

1951: American actress Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990) and her husband, American singer and actor Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998) at the Hollywood premiere of director George Sidney's film 'Show Boat', in which Gardner stars. Behind Sinatra is American actress Janet Leigh.


1952, British born actor and comedian Bob Hope (1903 - 2003) holding a script while talking to actress Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990) at a party.


AVA GOES BAREFOOT
September 1954: American actor Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990) looks over her shoulder and smiles while sitting in a theater for the premiere of director Joseph L Mankiewicz's film, 'The Barefoot Contessa,' in which she starred, Hollywood, California.

circa 1957:  Portrait of American actor Kim Novak sitting in the large open window of a stone house, California.


13th October 1954: Turkish-born film director Elia Kazan (1909 - 2003) and German-born actor Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992) sit together at the premiere reception for director George Cukor's film, 'A Star is Born,' Hollywood, California.

HOW DID I DO?
1951:  Profile of American actor Joan Crawford standing at a microphone with her script, her fingers raised to her mouth, during a radio rehearsal at NBC Studios on Sunset and Vine, Hollywood, California.


1963:  From left to right, American actors James Garner, Steve McQueen, and James Coburn (1928 - 2002) talking while at the premiere of director John Sturges' film, 'The Great Escape,' in which they star, The Directors Guild, Hollywood, California.


20th March 1952: Married American actors Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart (1899 - 1957) smile while seated in formal evening wear at the Academy Awards, RKO Pantages Theater, Los Angeles, California. Bogart won for Best Actor in director John Huston's film, 'The African Queen.'


 Two of the brightest female stars in the MGM studio galaxy were Ava Gardner and Lana Turner, who were close personal friends. These two beauties are seen here in 1952, at the height of their respective careers, attending the Ribbon Ball at the Beverly Hills Hotel.


1965:  Left to right, American singer and actor Frank Sinatra, wearing a tuxedo, American actor Shirley MacLaine, wearing a sari, and American singer and actor Dean Martin (1917 - 1995), wearing a tuxedo, laughing at one of Martin's opening nights, Hollywood, California. 

 Robert and Dorothy Mitchum leaving a Hollywood nightspot.

 Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Van Heflin at an industry soiree in Beverly Hills.


 Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at a Hollywood party.


 A radiant Ann Baxter attending an evening premiere with her actor husband John Hodiak.


 David Niven, the quintessential Brit.


 Gregory Peck across the bar at the Bel Air Hotel during a very elite party given by Redbook Magazine.


 Red Skelton with a puppy conga line: They say you should never follow a dog act. Classic ham Red Skelton would be a hard act to follow, with or without dogs.


 Bing Crosby as a clown at the St. John's Hospital benefit circus.


1964: American actor and singer Dean Martin (1917 - 1995) performing on a Bob Hope television special, Hollywood, California.


American actors Robert Wagner, Frank Sinatra, Wagner's wife Natalie Wood and Dean Martin pose together at Wood's surprise 21st birthday party, hosted by Frank Sinatra, at Romanoffs in Hollywood, California, July 20, 1959.


THE CRAWFORDS


SHOW BUSINESS DUO
1954:  American actors Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) and Donald O'Connor (1925 - 2003) pose together at the premiere of director Walter Lang's film, 'There's No Business Like Show Business' in which both starred.

circa 1952:  British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor, wearing an evening gown, sits with baseball player Ralph Kiner in a circular booth with settings and cocktails at a nightclub in Los Angeles, California.


POWER OF THE PRESS
1951:  American actor Tyrone Power and American gossip columnist Hedda Hopper laugh while leaning in towards each other at a table during the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund benefit party, held at the Mocambo nightclub in Hollywood, California. 

 
1972:  Portrait of American actor and comedian Phyllis Diller smoking a cigarette with a cigarette holder and reclining on a couch at her home in Brentwood, California, 1972.

circa 1955:Portrait of American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) sitting on a beach in a short-sleeved sweater and shorts, 1950s.


1950:  Headshot of American actor Loretta Young (1913 - 2000) speaking on a car phone in the front seat of an automobile.

circa 1955:  American actor Victor Mature (1913 - 1999) grins as he stands with his arm around British-born actor Jean Simmons inside a nightclub, with paintings behind them, Hollywood, California.


circa 1948:  British-born actors Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowall standing together wearing formal attire and smiling. Taylor wears a strapless dress with flower trim and a fur wrap, and McDowall wears a tuxedo.


  1951: British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor, wearing an evening gown with a fur coat, stands next to her soon-to-be second husband, English actor Michael Wilding (1912 - 1979), while he smokes a cigarette at the premiere of director Mervyn LeRoy's film, 'Quo Vadis,' Los Angeles, California. A gilt-framed painting of Leo Genn as Petronius and Marina Berti as Eunice from 'Quo Vadis' hangs behind the couple. Taylor played a cameo role in the film.


1st August 1954:  American actor Kim Novak leans forward and smiles as American actor Gene Barry sits behind her on the arm of a sofa inside a nightclub, Hollywood, California.

circa 1955:Actors Ken Murray (L) and Cesar Romero kiss actor Joan Crawford, wearing a pale-colored chiffon outfit, from either side while she holds her chin up and purses her lips at an unidentified movie premiere.


circa 1965:  American actor John Wayne (1907 - 1979) and his wife, Pilar, wear Western costumes at a SHARE Boomtown party, Moulin Rouge nightclub, Hollywood, California.


1951:  English-born actor Jean Simmons and her husband, English-born actor Stewart Granger (1913 - 1993), at the premiere of director George Stevens' film, A Place in the Sun, Hollywood, California.


14th September 1954: American actor Jack Palance and his wife, Virginia Baker, sitting at a dining table at American actor and singer Gloria De Haven's opening at the Mocambo, Hollywood, California.


1964: British-born comedian and actor Bob Hope (1903 - 2003), American actor Tuesday Weld, and James Garner pose with Weld's 21st birthday cake during a rehearsal for Hope's television special, Los Angeles, California. Garner and Hope wear fake mustaches, and Weld wears a fur coat.


1951:  Married American actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, smoking a cigarette, smile while listening to a person on the other side of their dining table during an Air Force Association party, Ambassador Hotel, Hollywood, California.


GOOD SHOT!
1952:  American actor Marilyn Monroe throws the opening pitch of the 'Out of This World (Baseball) Series' while American television show host Ralph Edwards acts as emcee.

11th May 1964: American actor Rock Hudson (1925 - 1985) with Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida at Pat Boone's opening at the Cocoanut Grove in Hollywood, California.


FIRST LADIES OF FILM
1951: American actor Ann Blyth, American actor Joan Crawford (1905 - 1977) and Norwegian figure skater and actor Sonja Henie (1912 - 1969) pose together at a Hollywood event, Hollywood, California. Blyth holds her hand over Crawford's, which rests on her shoulder . Henie wears a white fur stole.


1964: American actors Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore smile while holding the Emmy Awards they won for Best Actor and Actress for the television series, 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' backstage at the Emmy Awards, Los Angeles, California. Van Dyke wears a tuxedo. Moore wears a sleeveless cocktail dress with a pearl necklace and bracelet.
  
WHO'S THE FAIREST?
1st August 1954:  American actor Kim Novak waves at the camera while looking at her reflection in a mirror hanging on a tiled wall inside a nightclub, Hollywood, California. She wears a sequin gown with a sheer tulle.


  1954:  American actor and singer Doris Day waves while standing next to her husband and agent, Marty Melcher, at the premiere of director George Cukor's film, 'A Star is Born,' Hollywood, California. Day wears a silk dress, a mink wrap, white gloves, and pearls.


1950:  British-born actor and comedian Bob Hope (1903 - 2003) sits while rehearsing for his radio show with American actor and singer Bing Crosby.


25th October 1954:  American actor Betty Grable (1916 - 1973) embraces her husband, bandleader Harry James (1916 - 1983), at a Chrysler party, Hollywood, California.


1963: American actor Steve McQueen (1930 - 1980) and his wife, American actor Neile Adams, attend the premiere of director John Sturges' film, 'The Great Escape,' in which McQueen stars, The Directors Guild, Hollywood, California. McQueen holds a program for the film.


MARRIED STARS
1951:  Married American actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh smile as they attend the premiere of director Elia Kazan's film, 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' Hollywood, California. Leigh wears a satiny evening dress and holds her purse.


3rd June 1964, British actor Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) kneels while his wife, Swedish actor Britt Ekland, looks on during an imprint ceremony outside Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.


Lauren Bacall and Robert Mitchum

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