of the Year right before Garson enlisted in the army. He is also quoted as saying, "When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt." His most famous quote, from his hit play Born Yesterday, is on a New York City Public Library plaque on a 41st Street sidewalk: "I want everyone to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in." Preservation The Academy Film Archive preserved Ring of Steel and Salut a La France (French-language version) by Garson Kanin. Personal life Kanin was married to his frequent collaborator, Academy Award-winning actress Ruth Gordon from 1942 to her death in 1985. In 1990, he married stage actress Marian Seldes. Kanin died in 1999, age 86, of undisclosed causes. Selected publications Remembering Mr. Maugham, with an introduction by Noël Coward, 1966. Hollywood: Stars and Starlets, Tycoons, Moviemakers, Frauds, Hopefuls, Great Lovers. New York: Viking, 1974. Tracy and Hepburn: An Intimate Memoir. New York: Viking, 1971. It Takes a Long Time to Become Young. New York: Berkley, 1978 Novels Blow Up a Storm Do Re Mi Moviola Smash The Rat Race Where It's At A Thousand Summers Plays Born Yesterday The Smile of the World The Rat Race The Live Wire Come on Strong Musicals Fledermaus Do Re Mi Filmography A Man to Remember (1938) – director Next Time I Marry (1938) – director The Great Man Votes (1939) – director Bachelor Mother (1939) – director They Knew What They Wanted (1940) – director My Favorite Wife (1940) – director Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) – director The More the Merrier (1942) – writer The True Glory (1945) – director From This Day Forward (1946) – writer A Double Life (1947) – writer Adam's Rib (1949) – writer Pat and Mike (1952) – writer The Marrying Kind (1952) – writer It Should Happen to You (1954) – writer The Girl Can't Help It (1956) – original story High Time (1960) – original story The Rat Race (1960) – writer Some Kind of a Nut (1968) – writer, director Where It's At (1969) – writer, director Bibliography References External links 1912 births 1999 deaths Jewish American screenwriters American theatre directors 20th-century American novelists American male screenwriters Donaldson Award winners Writers from Rochester, New York Writers from New York City 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male novelists American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century