About

Known credits:
31
Birthday:
1903-01-01
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Dwight Taylor

Overview

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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.

Known for

Writing
1967 The Cape Town Affair Writing Story 58
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1957 Interlude Writing Screenplay 58
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1957 Boy on a Dolphin Writing Screenplay 58
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1955 Special Delivery Writing Writer N/A
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1953 Vicki Writing Writer 58
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1953 Pickup on South Street Writing Story 64
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1952 We're Not Married! Writing Adaptation 59
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1952 Something to Live For Writing Screenplay 59
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1945 Conflict Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 The Thin Man Goes Home Writing Screenplay 60
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1942 Nightmare Writing Screenplay 59
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1941 I Wake Up Screaming Writing Screenplay 60
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1941 Kiss the Boys Goodbye Writing Screenplay 59
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1940 Rhythm on the River Writing Screenplay 59
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1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams Writing Screenplay 59
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1939 When Tomorrow Comes Writing Screenplay 58
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1937 Gangway Writing Story 59
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1936 Follow the Fleet Writing Screenplay 60
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1935 Top Hat Writing Screenplay 64
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1935 Top Hat Writing Story 64
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1935 Paris in Spring Writing Theatre Play 58
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1934 The Gay Divorcee Writing Book 60
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1934 Long Lost Father Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 If I Were Free Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 Today We Live Writing Screenplay 59
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1932 Are You Listening? Writing Writer 58
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1932 Are You Listening? Writing Novel 58
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1931 Secrets of a Secretary Writing Writer 59
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1930 Numbered Men Writing Theatre Play 58
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1930 Numbered Men Writing Writer 58
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Production
1942 Nightmare Production Producer 59
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