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Douglas Z. Doty is a Scriptwriter American born on 15 october 1874 at New York City (USA)

Douglas Z. Doty

Douglas Z. Doty
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Birth name Douglas Zabriskie Doty
Nationality USA
Birth 15 october 1874 at New York City (USA)
Death 20 february 1935 (at 60 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Douglas Z. Doty (October 15, 1874 – 20 February 1935) was an American screenwriter and editor. He wrote the screenplays for 63 films between 1920 and 1938, the last one being Always Goodbye released in 1938, three years after his death. Doty also worked as an editor for The Century Company.

Together with his co-writers Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and Donald Ogden Stewart, he was nominated for the 1931 Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Story) for the film Laughter.

He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.

Usually with

J. Peverell Marley
J. Peverell Marley
(4 films)
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
(4 films)
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
(3 films)
Adrian
Adrian
(4 films)
Emile de Ruelle
Emile de Ruelle
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Douglas Z. Doty (27 films)

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Scriptwriter

Always Goodbye
Always Goodbye (1938)
, 1h15
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Mary Forbes, Lynn Bari
Roles Story
Rating66% 3.3437053.3437053.3437053.3437053.343705
Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston (Barbara Stanwyck) is left pregnant and unmarried. A former doctor Jim Howard (Herbert Marshall) helps the desperate Margot. When her son is born, Jim helps her find a home for the baby with Phil Marshall (Ian Hunter) and his wife. Margot insists that neither the Marshalls nor the child can ever know that she is his mother.
Gallant Lady
Gallant Lady (1933)
, 1h24
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Otto Kruger, Tullio Carminati, Dickie Moore, Janet Beecher
Roles Story
Rating68% 3.4173253.4173253.4173253.4173253.417325
This script must be run from the command line
The Silent Witness
The Silent Witness (1932)

Directed by Marcel Varnel
Genres Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lionel Atwill, Greta Nissen, Mary Forbes, Wyndham Standing, Helen Mack, Bramwell Fletcher
Roles Ecrivain
Rating60% 3.003593.003593.003593.003593.00359
L'histoire d'un homme qui essai de protéger son fils de l'accusation de meurtre, assume sa culpabilité.
Left Bank
Left Bank (1931)
, 1h10
Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin France
Genres Musical theatre
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Charles Lamy, Marcelle Praince, Robert Arnoux, Jean Worms, Georges Bever, Nino Constantini
Roles Story

Une jeune femme quitte son ami pour épouser un banquier, mais elle finira par revenir à Montparnasse pour le retrouver.
College Lovers
College Lovers (1930)
, 1h1
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors Marian Nixon, Frank McHugh, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Russell Hopton, Wade Boteler, Phyllis Crane
Roles Concepteur de dialogues

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, a star football player, decides to leave Sanford college after he has found that his girlfriend has eloped with another man. He is drive to the train station by Russell Hopton, his best friend, and also a football player for the same college. Jack Whiting, who plays the part of the student manager of the Sanford college athletic association as well as part of the president of the student body, knows that the college needs Williams to win the important game against Colton college.
Laughter
Laughter (1930)
, 1h25
Directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Fredric March, Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Glenn Anders, Diane Ellis, Leonard Carey
Roles Histoire
Rating62% 3.1344553.1344553.1344553.1344553.134455
Peggy is a Follies dancer who forsakes her life of carefree attachments in order to meet her goal of marrying a millionaire. Alas, her elderly husband, broker C. Morton Gibson, is a well-meaning bore, and soon Peggy begins seeking entertainment elsewhere.
Masked Emotions
Masked Emotions (1929)
, 1h
Directed by David Butler, Kenneth Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George O'Brien, James Gordon, Nora Lane, J. Farrell MacDonald, Frank Hagney, Edward Peil Sr.

Set on the Maine coast, a young sloop skipper Bramdlet Dickery discovers a plot to smuggle alien Chinese into the United States. Bramdlet's younger brother Thad is enamored with daughter of the captain of the smuggling ship. A struggle over the smuggling ensues.
Dry Martini
Dry Martini (1928)
, 1h20
Directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Mary Astor, Matt Moore, Sally Eilers, Albert Gran, Albert Conti, Tom Ricketts
Rating64% 3.2352553.2352553.2352553.2352553.235255
Wealthy divorced American Willoughby Quimby has been living in Paris, France for ten years when he learns his adult daughter Elizabeth is coming to visit. He has been living the high life full of wine and women but decides to forego both during her stay. Elizabeth gets bored with him so she begins seeing rakish artist Paul De Launay. Quimby's young pal Freddie Fletcher saves Elizabeth from the clutches of de Launay in the nick of time. After Elizabeth's marriage to Freddie her father returns to his wanton ways.