Doug_Taylor_(historian)
Doug Taylor (historian)
Canadian historian (1938–2020)
Doug Taylor (1938–2020) was a Canadian historian, professor, author and connoisseur of movie theatres.[1][2] In two books, and multiple online articles, Taylor wrote about Toronto's history of beautiful cinemas.[3] He published a history of selected neighbourhoods in 2010, a book on Toronto lost landmarks in 2018.
Toronto Life magazine and Inside Toronto both profiled Taylor when he published Toronto Theaters and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen.[1][3][4] The Toronto Sun's local historian, Mike Filey, used its publication as a jump-off for his own article on Toronto's cinema history.[5]
Taylor's parents immigrated to Canada from Newfoundland, when it was an independent country.[1] Two of Taylor's books are memoirs of his experience growing up in an immigrant family.
Liz Braun, the Toronto Sun long-term film reviewer endorsed Taylor's books on Toronto cinemas.[6]