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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', starred

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, and won an Academy Award for

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. Foote's subsequent scripts included '' The Mark of Zorro'', ''

Broadway Serenade ''Broadway Serenade'' (also known as ''Serenade'') is a 1939 musical drama film distributed by MGM, produced and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The screenplay was written by Charles Lederer, based on a story by Lew Lipton, John Taintor Foote an ...

'', '' Swanee River'', '' The Story of Seabiscuit'' and '' The Great Dan Patch''.JOHN TAINTOR FOOTE, AUTHOR, FILM WRITER. The New York Times. Jan 31, 1950. Foote is buried at

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