Samuel A. Taylor

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Samuel A. Taylor (June 13, 1912 – May 26, 2000) was an American playwright and screenwriter.

Biography

Born Samuel Albert Tanenbaum, in a

His film career faded after the initial box office failure of Vertigo, though Hitchcock and Taylor remained frequent collaborators. He was often contracted to write drafts for Hitchcock's later films, such as Torn Curtain (1966), though Taylor's only other Hitchcock screenplay (apart from Vertigo) was for Topaz (1969).

Taylor was nominated for his only

Taylor died of heart failure in Blue Hill, Maine. His credits are sometimes confused with those of novelist and screenwriter Samuel W. Taylor.

Broadway credits

• The Happy Time (1951)
• Nina (1951)
• Sabrina Fair (1953)
• The Pleasure of His Company (1958)
• First Love (1961)
• No Strings (1962)
• Beekman Place (1964)
• Avanti! (1968)
• Legend (1976)

Additional screenwriting credits

• Sabrina (1954)
• The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
• The Monte Carlo Story (1956; also directed)
• Vertigo (1958)
• Goodbye Again (1961)
• The Love Machine (1971)
• Avanti! (1972)

References

• Samuel A. Taylor at
  IMDb

External links

• Official website

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