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Dwight Taylor
Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born January 1, 1903Died December 31, 1986 (83 years)
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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.
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.
Known For
Dwight Taylor Filmography
| 1966 | Batman (1966) (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Interlude · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | Boy on a Dolphin · as Screenplay |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Something to Live For · as Screenplay |
| 1945 | Conflict · as Screenplay |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home · as Screenplay |
| 1942 | Nightmare · as Screenplay |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming · as Screenplay |
| 1941 | Kiss the Boys Goodbye · as Screenplay |
| 1940 | Rhythm on the River · as Screenplay |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams · as Screenplay |
| 1939 | When Tomorrow Comes · as Screenplay |
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet · as Screenplay |
| 1935 | Top Hat · as Screenplay |
| 1934 | Long Lost Father · as Screenplay |
| 1933 | If I Were Free · as Screenplay |
| 1933 | Today We Live · as Screenplay |
| 1932 | Are You Listening? · as Novel |
| 1931 | |
| 1930 |
| 1942 |
| 1967 | The Cape Town Affair · as Story |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Teleplay By |
| 1957 | The Thin Man (TV Series) · as Teleplay |
| 1953 | Pickup on South Street · as Story |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! · as Adaptation |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Adaptation |
| 1947 | The Foxes of Harrow · as Contributor To Dialogue |
| 1937 | Gangway · as Story |
| 1937 | Head Over Heels in Love · as Adaptation |
| 1935 | Paris in Spring · as Theatre Play |
| 1934 | Lady by Choice · as Story |
| 1934 | The Gay Divorcee · as Book |
| 1934 | Stingaree · as Contributor To Screenplay Construction |