TAYLOR, DWIGHT. 1902-1986, AND NATALIE VISART TAYLOR. 1910-1986. An archive of Autograph Letters Signed (most with original addressed and stamped envelopes), Autograph Notes, Typed Letters Signed, Photographs Signed, Typed Documents, original costume storyboards, professional and personal photographs, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS OF VISART WITH THE DEMILLE FAMILY, theater ephemera, cruise ship ephemera, contemporary newspaper clippings, etc., letters to various correspondents, 1930s-1970s, condition generally very good. [WITH:] Typed document signed in typescript ("Cecil B DeMille"), to Natalie Visart, 1 p, Hollywood, June 27, 1938, browned, reinforced recto and verso with tape, being a condolence telegram on the death of Visant's father. Dwight Taylor began his career as a journalist for the New Yorker before turning to playwriting in the 1920s and then screenwriting in 1930. Taylor's first production was Don't Tell George in 1928 and his first movie was The Gay Divorcee in 1930. Mary Martin wrote to Taylor, expressing excitement about working together, as did Richard Halliday; these letters are in this collection. Taylor's wife, Natalie Visart, was also a journalist and later worked as a costume designer. This collection includes 7 original watercolors by Visant of costumed actors; 57 Autograph Letters Signed by Visant; 4 photographs inscribed and signed to Visant by Mary Carr and others; 3 typed articles by Visart concerning Fred MacMurray, Myrna Loy and the DeMille family, who hosted her wedding to Taylor: "... I can only tell you that it was the loveliest wedding I could have imagined—every part of the day—was perfect and it meant so much to me to be with Katie [Katherine DeMille, Visant's closest friend] and with you both. It is strange that it should have meant so much to me to be able to go out to my new life from a family I loved—from a house that held so many memories of my growing up—childhood—girlhood—and the first part of womanhood ... When I think of how you took me in to your home and family when I was a little twelve year old girl and of the years that you have given me your protection love and warmth ... I think I am probably the luckiest girl in the world ... Your ever loving and grateful child ..." An interesting group concerning Taylor's and Visant's professional and personal lives.
TAYLOR, DWIGHT. 1902-1986, AND NATALIE VISART TAYLOR. 1910-1986. An archive of Autograph Letters Signed (most with original addressed and stamped envelopes), Autograph Notes, Typed Letters Signed, Photographs Signed, Typed Documents, original costume storyboards, professional and personal photographs, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS OF VISART WITH THE DEMILLE FAMILY, theater ephemera, cruise ship ephemera, contemporary newspaper clippings, etc., letters to various correspondents, 1930s-1970s, condition generally very good. [WITH:] Typed document signed in typescript ("Cecil B DeMille"), to Natalie Visart, 1 p, Hollywood, June 27, 1938, browned, reinforced recto and verso with tape, being a condolence telegram on the death of Visant's father. Dwight Taylor began his career as a journalist for the New Yorker before turning to playwriting in the 1920s and then screenwriting in 1930. Taylor's first production was Don't Tell George in 1928 and his first movie was The Gay Divorcee in 1930. Mary Martin wrote to Taylor, expressing excitement about working together, as did Richard Halliday; these letters are in this collection. Taylor's wife, Natalie Visart, was also a journalist and later worked as a costume designer. This collection includes 7 original watercolors by Visant of costumed actors; 57 Autograph Letters Signed by Visant; 4 photographs inscribed and signed to Visant by Mary Carr and others; 3 typed articles by Visart concerning Fred MacMurray, Myrna Loy and the DeMille family, who hosted her wedding to Taylor: "... I can only tell you that it was the loveliest wedding I could have imagined—every part of the day—was perfect and it meant so much to me to be with Katie [Katherine DeMille, Visant's closest friend] and with you both. It is strange that it should have meant so much to me to be able to go out to my new life from a family I loved—from a house that held so many memories of my growing up—childhood—girlhood—and the first part of womanhood ... When I think of how you took me in to your home and family when I was a little twelve year old girl and of the years that you have given me your protection love and warmth ... I think I am probably the luckiest girl in the world ... Your ever loving and grateful child ..." An interesting group concerning Taylor's and Visant's professional and personal lives.
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