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. He began as a writer of sporting stories. 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 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. 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. Provided by Wikipedia