Dwight Taylor (1903-1986)

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Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA

Born:
January 1, 1903

Died:
December 31, 1986

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Dwight Oliver Taylor (January 1, 1903, New York City, New York – December 31, 1986, Woodland Hills, California) was an American author, playwright, and film/television screenwriter.  Dwight Taylor was the son of actress Laurette Taylor and her husband, Charles A. Taylor. Dwight Taylor attended Lawrenceville School in Lawrence Township, New Jersey where he began drawing and painting and wrote a book of poetry.  After refusing an opportunity to work as a cub reporter for The New York World, he began his career as a journalist for The New Yorker magazine, serving as one of the first editors for their "Talk of the Town". He began screenwriting for Hollywood films in 1930 and for television in 1953. His first produced play was Don't Tell George (1928). Other plays included such as Lipstick and Gay Divorce.  Taylor's first screenplay was Jailbreak. First National Pictures bought the project in 1929 while it was still in manuscript form and had Alfred A. Cohn and Henry McCarty adapt it to become the 1930 film Numbered Men starring Conrad Nagel and Bernice Claire. Gay Divorce was adapted into a Broadway musical by Cole Porter.  In 1934, RKO Studios, which renamed it The Gay Divorcee to appease the censors, filmed it with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. He was a founding member, and had served one term as president, of the Writers Guild of America, West.

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Adaptation:
1952  We're Not Married!

Book:
1934  The Gay Divorcee
1952  We're Not Married!

Novel:
1932  Are You Listening?
1934  The Gay Divorcee
1952  We're Not Married!

Other:
1932  Are You Listening?
1934  The Gay Divorcee
1937  The Awful Truth
1952  We're Not Married!

Producer:
1932  Are You Listening?
1934  The Gay Divorcee
1937  The Awful Truth
1942  Nightmare
1952  We're Not Married!

Screenplay:
1932  Are You Listening?
1933  If I Were Free
1933  Today We Live
1934  Long Lost Father
1934  The Gay Divorcee
1935  Top Hat
1936  Follow the Fleet
1937  The Awful Truth
1939  The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939  When Tomorrow Comes
1940  Rhythm on the River
1941  I Wake Up Screaming
1941  Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1942  Nightmare
1944  The Thin Man Goes Home
1945  Conflict
1952  Something to Live For
1952  We're Not Married!
1957  Boy on a Dolphin
1957  Interlude

Story:
1932  Are You Listening?
1933  If I Were Free
1933  Today We Live
1934  Long Lost Father
1934  The Gay Divorcee
1935  Top Hat
1936  Follow the Fleet
1937  Gangway
1937  The Awful Truth
1939  The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939  When Tomorrow Comes
1940  Rhythm on the River
1941  I Wake Up Screaming
1941  Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1942  Nightmare
1944  The Thin Man Goes Home
1945  Conflict
1952  Something to Live For
1952  We're Not Married!
1953  Pickup on South Street
1957  Boy on a Dolphin
1957  Interlude
1967  The Cape Town Affair

Theatre Play:
1930  Numbered Men
1932  Are You Listening?
1933  If I Were Free
1933  Today We Live
1934  Long Lost Father
1934  The Gay Divorcee
1935  Paris in Spring
1935  Top Hat
1936  Follow the Fleet
1937  Gangway
1937  The Awful Truth
1939  The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939  When Tomorrow Comes
1940  Rhythm on the River
1941  I Wake Up Screaming
1941  Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1942  Nightmare
1944  The Thin Man Goes Home
1945  Conflict
1952  Something to Live For
1952  We're Not Married!
1953  Pickup on South Street
1957  Boy on a Dolphin
1957  Interlude
1967  The Cape Town Affair

Writer:
1930  Numbered Men
1931  Secrets of a Secretary
1932  Are You Listening?
1933  If I Were Free
1933  Today We Live
1934  Long Lost Father
1934  The Gay Divorcee
1935  Paris in Spring
1935  Top Hat
1936  Follow the Fleet
1937  Gangway
1937  The Awful Truth
1939  The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939  When Tomorrow Comes
1940  Rhythm on the River
1941  I Wake Up Screaming
1941  Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1942  Nightmare
1944  The Thin Man Goes Home
1945  Conflict
1952  Something to Live For
1952  We're Not Married!
1953  Pickup on South Street
1953  Vicki
1957  Boy on a Dolphin
1957  Interlude
1967  The Cape Town Affair

Writer:
1966  Batman

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