Dorothy Howell

Nacimiento : 1899-05-10, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Muerte : 1971-06-08

Historia

American screenwriter.

Películas

I'll Fix It
Story
A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no problem in getting matters-of-the-city handled in which ever way is best for his needs. But when he tries to fix his adored kid brother's place on the school football team, he meets his match in school-teacher Anne Barry.
Whirlpool
Screenplay
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
The Big Timer
Writer
Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.
The Final Edition
Dialogue
A reporter gets the best story of her life when she goes under cover to take down the head of a crime syndicate.
The Final Edition
Adaptation
A reporter gets the best story of her life when she goes under cover to take down the head of a crime syndicate.
Men in Her Life
Writer
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: he will settle her debts if she teaches him how to be "a gentleman".
Fifty Fathoms Deep
Writer
In this high-seas adventure, a woman creates a great rift between old friends: an experienced older diver, and his younger protege. They become enemies when a gold-digger marries the latter. She soon leaves him in favor of a wealthy yachtsman. She is aboard his boat when an accident occurs. The two divers must salvage the costly boat before it sinks.
La mujer milagro
Continuity
Tras la expulsión de su padre de la iglesia donde predicó muchos años, Florence Fallon se vuelve una amargada y pierde la fe. Consciente de su facilidad de palabra, se alía con un estafador y se dedica a realizar milagros falsos pero muy lucrativos. Pero quizá el amor y la confianza de un ciego la ayuden a recuperar su fe en Dios y en el prójimo.
Arizona
Writer
Bob se niega a contraer matrimonio con su novia y la abandona. Ella se casa con su mejor amigo para vengarse.
Ten Cents a Dance
Writer
A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.
The Last Parade
Screenplay
During the war two friends love the same nurse. After the war one becomes a detective, the other a racketeer.
Men Without Law
Screenplay
Returning from the war, Buck finds his younger brother in trouble.
For the Love o' Lil
Screenplay
Directed by James Tinling. With Jack Mulhall, Sally Starr, Elliott Nugent, Margaret Livingston.
The Last of the Lone Wolf
Writer
In this entry in the Lone Wolf series, the first to have a soundtrack, the jealousies of the King and the coquettish Queen are chronicled. When His Majesty learns that his wife has given the ring he gave to her to her lover, the King plans a large ball and demands the she wear the token. As her lover is a military attache, he is not in the palace, and the queen must send her lady-in-waiting to bring it back. En route, the lady meets a thief and they team up. She does not know that he has been dispatched by the King to steal ring from the attache.
The Squealer
Scenario Writer
A gangster's wife, fearful that he is about to be murdered by his rivals, tips off the police to his whereabouts in order to save his life. Her husband, however, believes her reason was that she wanted him out of the way so she could have his best friend.
Pasa el circo
Writer
Al morir su padre, Mary Rainey hereda un modesto circo que sólo le crea angustiosos problemas económicos. A pesar de todo, la chica tratará de vencer las dificultades y salir adelante.
Soldiers and Women
Screenplay
Captain Clive Branch, United States Marine Corps, is stationed at a Marine base in Haiti, and is having affairs with two women, Brenda Ritchie and Helen Arnold, each of whom is married to a Marine Captain. One of the husbands is murdered, and Branch, Helen and Brenda each find themselves high on the list of suspects.
Soldiers and Women
Scenario Writer
Captain Clive Branch, United States Marine Corps, is stationed at a Marine base in Haiti, and is having affairs with two women, Brenda Ritchie and Helen Arnold, each of whom is married to a Marine Captain. One of the husbands is murdered, and Branch, Helen and Brenda each find themselves high on the list of suspects.
Guilty?
Story
A Senator, accused of bribery on circumstantial evidence and sent to prison, decides to commit suicide so that his daughter will feel free to marry the son of a judge. A story told through the eyes of ten people, all familiar with the victim and all with varying versions.
La sortija que mata
Screenplay
Jack Donovan (John Roche), un jugador empedernido, es amenazado de muerte por sus acreedores. Además, una criada (Virginia Browne Faire) lo acusa de haberla abandonado por Lydia Rankin (Agnes Ayres). Donovan se gana además la enemistad de Cornish (William Collier Jr.), el pretendiente de la hija de Lydia (Dorothy Revier).
The Quitter
Scenario Writer
Neal Abbott (Ben Lyon), a disgraced surgeon, regains his self-respect after operating on and saving the life of cafe-owner Duffy Thompson (Fred Kohler).
The Quitter
Adaptation
Neal Abbott (Ben Lyon), a disgraced surgeon, regains his self-respect after operating on and saving the life of cafe-owner Duffy Thompson (Fred Kohler).
Submarino
Writer
Dos marineros rivalizan por conseguir a la misma chica. Cuando ella elige a uno de los dos, su amistad termina fatalmente. Esta situación cambia cuando uno de ellos queda atrapado en un submarino y el otro es enviado a rescatarlo.
Virgin Lips
Scenario Writer
In a banana republic, way south of the Texas border, a dumb-Dora American girl, Norma (Olive Borden), lets her ruby-red lips promise more than she is willing to deliver, and she finds herself a prisoner in a notorious dance-hall/brothel. But her American aviator boyfriend, Barry Blake (John Boles), is flying to her rescue. He does just that but, alas, they are quickly captured by a gang of outlaws. Possibly the many expensive pieces of jewelry she has gathered from the many male friends she has made along the way, including El Presidente, captured the outlaws' attention.
Say It with Sables
Writer
Say It with Sables es una película de drama silencioso de 1928 dirigida por Frank Capra y producida por Harry Cohn para Columbia Pictures. Columbia ya no tiene un negativo o una impresión de esta película, por lo que la película se considera ccomo "una película perdida".
El héroe del colegio
Screenplay
El jugador de fútbol americano Bob Cantfield se inscribe en Carver College. Se le asigna a Jim Halloran como compañero de cuarto y consigue una cita con Vivian, la atractiva hermana de Sampson Saunders. Los celos de Jim por el éxito de Bob en el equipo y con su novia, le llevan a lesionarlo deliberadamente. A pesar de todo, Bob logra el touchdown con el que gana Carver. Luego, la conciencia de Jim le superará.
The Clown
Story
Silent crime drama Directed by William James Craft.
Sally in Our Alley
Screenplay
Sally, a girl of the tenements, is being raised by three bachelor foster-fathers, a pawnbroker, an organ-grinder and a peddler, and is very happy preparing their meals and keeping the house, while the old men bask in the attention she gives them. However, this happy home is broken up when Sally wealthy aunt appears on the scene and takes Sally back to her luxurious penthouse in order to give her the advantages of money and social position. But Sally's heart is back across the river with her plumber sweetheart, Jimmie Adams.
Sally in Our Alley
Scenario Writer
Sally, a girl of the tenements, is being raised by three bachelor foster-fathers, a pawnbroker, an organ-grinder and a peddler, and is very happy preparing their meals and keeping the house, while the old men bask in the attention she gives them. However, this happy home is broken up when Sally wealthy aunt appears on the scene and takes Sally back to her luxurious penthouse in order to give her the advantages of money and social position. But Sally's heart is back across the river with her plumber sweetheart, Jimmie Adams.
Ladrones a bordo
Writer
Cuando Eve De Montalais (Lois Wilson) planea pasar de contrabando sus joyas a los Estados Unidos, sin saberlo viajando en el mismo barco, hay una banda de ladrones que planean robar las joyas. Michael Lanyard (Bert Lytell), alias The Lone Wolf, trastorna sus intrigas y Eve busca su ayuda para que las gemas pasen por los funcionarios de aduanas. Mientras está en un club nocturno de Nueva York, Eve se entera de que Lanyard es The Lone Wolf. Luego es engañada por un ladrón que asume el papel de un oficial de aduanas y la induce a entregar las joyas, Eve luego escapa al descubrir el engaño. Lanyard es dominado por la pandilla, pero logra liberarse y declara las joyas a los funcionarios de aduanas, quienes luego arrestan a los ladrones de inmediato. Eve se siente aliviada al descubrir que Lanyard es un agente del Servicio Secreto, y los amantes se reencuentran.
Paying the Price
Scenario Writer
Michael Donovan, a heavy loser at a gambling casino, confronts its owner with evidence of cheating and finds himself accused of murder, on circumstantial evidence, of the owner's murder.
Paying the Price
Story
Michael Donovan, a heavy loser at a gambling casino, confronts its owner with evidence of cheating and finds himself accused of murder, on circumstantial evidence, of the owner's murder.
Birds of Prey
Writer
Helen Wayne and Archie Crossley, two clever pickpockets, rob J. Hamilton Smith, a well-known metropolitan banker, and he is later recognized by one of their gang as a former prisonmate; they demand a price for their silence, and he is forced to accede.
Remember
Story
Directed by David Selman. With Dorothy Phillips, Earl Metcalfe, Lola Todd, Lincoln Stedman.
Fighting Youth
Screenplay
Dick Covington is a society athlete who is quick with his fists. His fiancée, Jean Manley, hates his fighting and convinces him to stop. But then his rival tricks him into accepting an offer to fight Murdering Mooney at a charity show. At first Jean is chagrined, but when the rival insults her, she is anxious for Covington to beat his opponent.
Fighting Youth
Adaptation
Dick Covington is a society athlete who is quick with his fists. His fiancée, Jean Manley, hates his fighting and convinces him to stop. But then his rival tricks him into accepting an offer to fight Murdering Mooney at a charity show. At first Jean is chagrined, but when the rival insults her, she is anxious for Covington to beat his opponent.
Black Lightning
Writer
A WWI drama in which a Red Cross dog saves a man.