Dwight Taylor Biography

Fast Facts

• Was the son of playwright Charles A․ Taylor and actress Laurette Taylor
• Became one of the first editors for The New Yorker's "Talk of the Town" after turning down a position as a cub reporter for The New York World
• His first play, "Don't Tell George," opened and closed in 1928
• First adapted his writing for the screen for the film "Numbered Men" in 1930
• Best known as an author, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote "Top Hat" and "The Gay Divorcee․"
• Was a founding member and one-term president of the Writers Guild of America, West
• Several of his works were written or adapted for films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, including "Top Hat" and "Follow the Fleet․"
• Wrote the books "Joy Ride," "What Sank the Dreamboat," and "Blood and Thunder," which was a memoir of his parents