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Dorothy Yost is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 25 april 1899 at St. Louis (USA)

Dorothy Yost

Dorothy Yost
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Nationality USA
Birth 25 april 1899 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 10 june 1967 (at 68 years) at Monrovia (USA)

Dorothy Yost (April 25, 1899 – June 10, 1967) was an American screenwriter. She wrote for 74 films between 1920 and 1966.

She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Monrovia, California.

Best films

Blossoms in the Dust
Blossoms in the Dust
(1941)
(Writer) The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee
(1934)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
(11 films)
William Hamilton
William Hamilton
(6 films)
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(6 films)
Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler
(5 films)
Darrell Silvera
Darrell Silvera
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dorothy Yost (34 films)

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Director

Loaded Pistols
Loaded Pistols (1948)
, 1h18
Directed by Dorothy Yost, Armand Schaefer, John English
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Barbara Britton, Chill Wills, Jack Holt, Russell Arms, Robert Shayne
Rating58% 2.909372.909372.909372.909372.90937
Following the death of his friend Ed Norton who was killed during a dice game, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) sets out in search of the killer. His search takes him to an old house where Larry Evans (Russell Arms), who was accused of the murder, is in hiding. Larry's sister Mary (Barbara Britton) defends her brother, claiming they both loved Ed, who acted as their guardian after the death of their father. Mary is able to convince Gene that Larry is innocent. Gene offers to help him evade the sheriff until he can discover the real killer.

Scriptwriter

The Big Cat
The Big Cat (1949)
, 1h15
Directed by Noel M. Smith, Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster, Forrest Tucker, Skip Homeier, Sara Haden
Rating55% 2.7589152.7589152.7589152.7589152.758915
Drought during the 1930s forces a large cougar to come down from the high country in Utah to prey on farmers' cattle. This has prompted many farmers to pursue and kill the cat, but so far all have failed.
Loaded Pistols
Loaded Pistols (1948)
, 1h18
Directed by Dorothy Yost, Armand Schaefer, John English
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Barbara Britton, Chill Wills, Jack Holt, Russell Arms, Robert Shayne
Roles Histoire
Rating58% 2.909372.909372.909372.909372.90937
Following the death of his friend Ed Norton who was killed during a dice game, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) sets out in search of the killer. His search takes him to an old house where Larry Evans (Russell Arms), who was accused of the murder, is in hiding. Larry's sister Mary (Barbara Britton) defends her brother, claiming they both loved Ed, who acted as their guardian after the death of their father. Mary is able to convince Gene that Larry is innocent. Gene offers to help him evade the sheriff until he can discover the real killer.
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
, 1h18
Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell, Carleton Young, Ralph Sanford
Rating62% 3.1472353.1472353.1472353.1472353.147235
Ken McLaughlin's (Roddy McDowall) mare Flicka gives birth to an all-white colt that, unknown to Ken's dad, Rob (Preston Foster), was actually sired by a neighboring rancher's thoroughbred racehorse, Appalachia, rather than Rob's own stallion, Banner. Ken's mother, Nell (Rita Johnson), names the colt Thunderhead after the billowing white clouds she sees overhead. Ken trains Thunderhead as a race horse, but the colt suffers an injury during his first race, ending his racing career.
Blossoms in the Dust
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
, 1h39
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marc Lawrence, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.4453.4453.4453.4453.445
Edna et Charlotte ont été élevées ensemble. Lorsque Charlotte voit ses fiançailles rompues, elle se suicide. Quant à Edna elle se marie avec Sam Gladney et tombe enceinte.
Forty Little Mothers
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
, 1h30
Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eddie Cantor, Veronica Lake, Judith Anderson, Ralph Morgan, Rita Johnson, Bonita Granville
Rating64% 3.2422153.2422153.2422153.2422153.242215
Out of work professor Gilbert Jordan Thompson stops a suicidal stranger named Marian Edwards from jumping off a pier and helps her get a job so she can support herself. Then he finds an abandoned baby with a note asking someone to give him a good home. When he can't find anyone to claim the baby, Thompson "adopts" him so he won't end up in an orphanage.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
, 1h33
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan, Lew Fields, Victor Varconi
Roles Adaptation
Rating68% 3.447873.447873.447873.447873.44787
The film tells of novice American dancer Irene Foote (Ginger Rogers) who convinces New York-based British vaudeville comic Vernon Castle (Fred Astaire) to give up slapstick comedy in favor of sophisticated ballroom dancing.
Blackmail
Blackmail (1939)
, 1h21
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart, Bobs Watson, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, John Wray
Roles Story
Rating66% 3.344323.344323.344323.344323.34432
John Ingram is a very successful oil-field firefighter and a family man. All is going so well, he's even bought his own oil well in hope of striking it rich. His greatest fears are realized, however, when a man, William Ramey, from his secret past sees Ingram in a newsreel and shows up looking for a job.
Four Girls in White
Four Girls in White (1939)
, 1h13
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Florence Rice, Una Merkel, Buddy Ebsen, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor, Alan Marshal
Roles Ecrivain
Rating60% 3.0016853.0016853.0016853.0016853.001685
Student nurses cope with life's problems.
There Goes the Groom
There Goes the Groom (1937)
, 1h5
Directed by Joseph Santley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ann Sothern, Burgess Meredith, Mary Boland, Frank Ellis, Onslow Stevens, Louise Henry
Rating54% 2.717072.717072.717072.717072.71707
Dick Matthews (Burgess Meredith), just out of college, heads for the gold fields of Alaska to find his fortune. When he returns to marry his girl friend Janet Russell (Louise Henry), he discovers that she is no longer interested him. When her mother learns that the fellow has struck it rich, she changes her daughter's mind. Unfortunately, the young man has become enamored of the girl's little sister Betty (Ann Sothern).