Dwight Taylor (writer)
| Dwight Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Dwight Oliver Taylor January 1, 1903 New York, United States |
| Died | December 31, 1986 (aged 83) Woodland Hills, California, U.S. |
| Occupation |
Playwright Screenwriter Author Journalist |
| Years active | 1928-1967 |
| Spouse(s) |
1) Marigold Lockhart Langworthy (born July 22, 1901 – died 1951?) m. March 30, 1946 – September 11, 1986 (her death); 1 child |
| Parent(s) |
Mother: Laurette Taylor Father: Charles A. Taylor Stepfather: J. Hartley Manners Marguerite Courtney (sister) |
1) Marigold Lockhart Langworthy (born July 22, 1901 – died 1951?)
m. May 25, 1929 – 19??; 3 children
Dwight Oliver Taylor (born January 1, 1903, New York City, New York – died December 31, 1986, Woodland Hills, California) was an American author, playwright, and film/television screenwriter.
Dwight Taylor was the son of playwright Charles A. Taylor and actress Laurette Taylor, and 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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