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thing was strictly VIP.
Left: A "Spartacus" routine on industry. While photo-
We left Los Angeles
the Milton Berle show, with graphing Bob Hope on
International Airport in
Berle as Cleopatra, Jack a military tour, Garrett
a chartered helicopter
Benny, Laurence Harvey, Kirk established a special
and landed at a heliport Douglas and Charlton Heston. rapport with the enter-
near Disneyland. We
tainer, who wound up
were met by a Disney
Right: Danny Kaye, right, asking Garrett to cover
employee, who drove us
frolicking with Hedda his radio and television
to the park and escort-
Harper and Harpo Marx. activities. For the next
ed us to Walt Disney's
25 years, Garrett
personal apartment.
became Hope's photog-
There the special treatment ended.
rapher, while continuing to capture
"From the moment we stepped onto
the movie industry's A-list.
the park's sidewalk, the Burton-Taylor
"I took pictures at Natalie Wood's
family was on its own. I was continu-
surprise 21st birthday party," Garrett
ally amused at how much their kids
says. "I was also the only photographer
were like my own — especially when
cleared to take pictures at Bob Hope's
it came to demands and complaints."
daughter's wedding."
Also familiar were many of Burton's
In the 1950s, Garrett, along with Gene
reactions to the children. He insisted
Howard, co-founded Studio Five. Before
on "no ice cream before lunch" and
they sold it in 1973, they built the com-
protested that they were "too big for
pany into one of the biggest photo and
us to carry you."
graphic ventures in the business, shooting
"I think my stories and pictures
numerous ads for the movie industry and
show another side of these people,"
album covers for almost every record label
Garrett notes.
in the United States.
Born and raised in a Jewish home in
Of all the celebrities he has captured,
Brooklyn, N.Y., Garrett, although not
Garrett believes Gregory Peck, Cary
religious, maintained a strong Jewish
Grant, Grace Kelly and Bill Holden
identity. Unlike many successful photog-
were among the most photogenic.
raphers who work their way up in the
Who would Garrett like to photo-
business, he was given his first profes-
graph today?
sional assignment when just a teenager.
"Julia Roberts — she's a killer," says
"I was only 16 years old and covered
Garrett, who is retired and living in
Eleanor Roosevelt attending a musical
California with Phyllis, his wife of
in New Jersey," says Garrett. "I was
more than 50 years.
able to spend the day with her, and
When asked if there is a trick to
you can image the thrill for me —
looking better in a glamour shot,
especially at that age."
Garrett advises subjects to "be natural.
In the early 1940s, Garrett began
When you start to pose, it's usually
working for Graphic House, a leading
when you lose," he notes. "Let the
Manhattan agency. In 1946 he was
inner beauty show. But keep in mind,
sent to California to manage a West
a picture can't make you something
Coast office and cover the movie
you're not."
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