Turning to theatre, he produced the successful 1927 Broadway play Dracula, with Béla Lugosi and Edward Van Sloan in the roles they would make famous in the 1931 film by the same name.
The marriage took place in April 1911, and Liveright used his father-in-law's financial backing to embark on a publishing career.
[6][7] Liveright published work by T. S. Eliot (The Waste Land), Charles Fort (The Book of the Damned), Theodore Dreiser (An American Tragedy), and Bertrand Russell (Marriage and Morals).
The company also published the first books by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Hart Crane, Dorothy Parker, and S. J.
[8][better source needed] Despite their successes, Liveright and Boni's relationship broke down and the pair chose to part ways.
His faltering financial status meant that he had to sell the Modern Library to then-vice-president Bennett Cerf in 1925.
Despite an income of over $2 million from the play, Liveright failed to fulfill his business responsibilities, never paying $678.01 in royalties to Florence Balcombe, the widow of the original author Bram Stoker.