TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY BROADWAY PLAYWRIGHT AND HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER OF VERTIGO, SAMUEL TAYLOR.. Cet article n’est pas disponible.TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY BROADWAY PLAYWRIGHT AND HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER OF VERTIGO, SAMUEL TAYLOR.

- One hundred words typed on cream-colored 7-3/4 inch high by 6-5/8 inch wide personalized letterhead with his name & address printed in raised lettering at the top. Signed "Samuel Taylor". The date received is stamped on the bottom edge of the letter & the date answered is penned at bottom left. Near fine. Taylor writes to Philip Dunning of the Dramatists Guild to congratulate him on the Guild's new bulletin. "I still have nothing to contribute, but the day may come. And in the meantime I look forward to the forthcoming issues."Born Samuel Albert Tanenbaum to a Jewish family in Chicago, Samuel A. Taylor [1912-2000] made his Broadway debut as a playwright with "The Happy Time" in 1950. He wrote the play "Sabrina Fair" [1953] and co-wrote the film adaptation released the following year. He won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar for this screenplay. His early success brought him more work in Hollywood, including "The Eddy Duchin Story" [1956] and Hitchcock's "Vertigo" [1958]. His film career faded after the initial failure of "Vertigo" but he continued to collaborate with Hitchcock, writing drafts of several other films for him. His later Broadway credits included "Avanti!", adapted for the Billy Wilder film released in 1972, and "Legend" [1976]. …