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Membership
Member Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia. Dumbbell of Brookfield, 1917.
The Lucky Seven, 1918.
The Song of the Dragon, 1923. Member Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia. The New York Times. Clubs: Honga River Gun, Brooklyn Fly Fishers.
He wrote horse stories featuring the roguish track character Blister Jones, and the story upon which the Alfred Hitchcock film Notorious is loosely based.
John Taintor Foote
John Taintor Foote (March 29, 1881 – January 28, 1950) was an American novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and screenwriter.
Foote studied at Kenyon Military Academy, Gambier, Ohio.
Children: John Taintor, Timothy.
- Father:
- Delilah Foote
- Spouse:
- Jessie Florence Todhunter
- child:
- Timothy Foote
- child:
- John Taintor Foote
John Taintor Foote Explained
| John Taintor Foote | |
| Birth Date: | March 29, 1881 |
| Birth Place: | Leadville, Colorado, United States |
| Death Date: | January 28, 1950 (aged 68) |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Years Active: | 1913–1949 |
| Spouse: | Jessica Todhunter Foote |
| Children: | John and Timothy |
John Taintor Foote (March 29, 1881 - January 28, 1950) was an American novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and screenwriter.
Foote studied at Kenyon Military Academy, Gambier, Ohio.
He began as a writer of sporting stories.
Connections
Married Jessie Florence Todhunter, August 3, 1920. He also wrote or collaborated on five plays, among them the comedy Toby's Bow (1919) and the dramas Tight Britches (1934), and Julie the Great (1936).
Foote came to Hollywood in 1938 to work on the screenplay of his book The Look of Eagles, which was retitled Kentucky, starred Loretta Young, and won an Academy Award for Walter Brennan.
The Song of the Dragon (play).
A Wedding Gift, 1925.
Pocono Shot, 1925. Daughter of Delilah, 1936.
Julie the Great, drama, produced, 1936.
Jing (limited edition), 1936. His first story was published in The American Magazine in 1913. He wrote horse stories featuring the roguish track character Blister Jones, and the story upon which the Alfred Hitchcock film Notorious is loosely based.
He began as a writer of sporting stories. Hell Cat, 1936; Broadway Angler, 1937.
Sporting Days, 1937.
Achievements
John Taintor Foote has been listed as a notable author, playwright. The Look of Eagles, 1916. Toby’s Bow (comedy), produced New York, 1919.
(with John Golden) Flying Colors (comedy), 1920.Education
Foote studied at Kenyon Military Academy, Gambier, Ohio.
Career
Author: Blister Jones, 1913. Foote’s subsequent scripts included The Mark of Zorro, Broadway Serenade, Swanee River, The Story of Seabiscuit and The Great Dan Patch.
Foote is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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John Taintor Foote
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John Taintor Foote, American author, playwright.
Trub’s Diary, 1928; Fatal Gesture, 1933.
Tight Britches (tragedy—with H. Hayes), 1934.
Full Personality, 1935.