Samuel A. Taylor

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Samuel Albert Taylor (born June 13, 1912 in Chicago , † May 26, 2000 in Blue Hill ; actually Samuel Albert Tanenbaum ) was an American writer and screenwriter .

Life

Samuel Taylor attended school in San Francisco . After completing his studies at the University of California , he worked as a lecturer and examiner of stage works for an agency in New York . Eventually he began to write his own manuscripts for radio and television .

His first play, the comedy Happy Times (The Happy Time) saw its world premiere in 1950. It was so well received by critics and audiences that a Hollywood film version directed by Richard Fleischer followed in 1952 under the title My Son Discovered Love (The Happy Time) , and Taylor was henceforth able to concentrate entirely on writing works for the stage. 1953 had his most famous play, Sabrina (Sabrina Fair. Or, A woman of the world. A romantic comedy) premiere. After the world premiere with Joseph Cotten and Margaret Sullavan in the leading roles, it became an international success, reinforced by the film adaptation of Billy Wilder under the title Sabrina (1954). Taylor had also written the screenplay for the film with Wilder and Ernest Lehman , for which he won a Golden Globe in 1955 and received an Oscar nomination. Sabrina was filmed again by Sydney Pollack in 1995 based on Wilder's script . Billy Wilder picked up Avanti in 1972 , Avanti! back to a piece of Taylor's one more time.

After Sabrina, Samuel Taylor himself wrote scripts regularly, including for the films Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead by Alfred Hitchcock and Do you love Brahms? by Anatole Litvak . He also adapted his own stage works for the screen and directed Monte Carlo Story himself in 1956. In addition to his stage works he also wrote the book for the Richard Rodgers - Musical No strings (1962).

Samuel A. Taylor was a member of the Dramatists Guild of America , the Writers Guild of America , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and served as President of the Dramatists Play Service for a while .

From 1940 until his death from heart failure on May 26, 2000, he was married to Suzanne Combes Taylor, with whom he had two children.

Works

Stage pieces

  • The happy time, a comedy of love (based on the stories by Robert Fontaine), New York 1950 (German happy times. Comedy in three acts )
  • Sabrina Fair. Or, A woman of the world. A romantic comedy, 1953, in press: New York 1954 (Eng. Sabrina. Comedy in four acts )
  • together with Cornelia Otis Skinner : The pleasure of his company, a rueful comedy, New York 1959 ( Ger . In bester Gesellschaft. Komödie )
  • No strings. A new musical, New York 1962 (book; music and songs by Richard Rodgers )
  • First love. A play in three acts, (based on Promise at dawn by Romain Gary ), New York 1962
  • Beekman Place, New York 1965
  • Avanti! Or, A very uncomplicated girl (1975 under the title A touch of spring. A comedy ), New York 1968

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SURNAME Taylor, Samuel A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tanenbaum, Samuel Albert (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois, USA
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 2000
Place of death Blue Hill , Maine, USA