Dorothy Howell

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

Смерть : 1971-06-08

История

American screenwriter.

Фильмы

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.
Чудесная девушка
Continuity
Флоренс Фэллон, дочь проповедника, после смерти отца остается в бедственном положении. Ее втягивает в аферу мошенник Хорнсби. Они открывают храм, и пока Флоренс проповедует и творит мнимые чудеса, Хорнсби обирает ее прихожан. Однажды Флоренс нечаянно спасает слепого юношу, и между молодыми людьми вспыхивает любовь. Флоренс хочет вернуться к честной жизни, но Хорнсби препятствует этому…
Arizona
Writer
A West Point graduate jilts his girlfriend but runs into her later at an Army outpost.
Танец за десять центов
Writer
Красивая танцовщица Барбара О`Нил работает в одном из танцевальных залов Нью-Йорка. У неё появляется богатый покровитель Брэдли Карлтон, который ничего не жалеет для Барбары и готов оказать ей любую помощь. Но Барбара давно влюблена в своего соседа Эдди и, не раздумывая, соглашается выйти за него замуж. Вскоре оказывается, что Эдди — мошенник. И когда он в очередной раз попадает в беду, Барбара вынуждена обратиться за помощью к Брэдли.
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.
Rain or Shine
Writer
Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune back to her ragtag band of ragged shoeleather performers.
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.
The Donovan Affair
Screenplay
Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.
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).
Submarine
Writer
Two sailors who are always competing against each other set their sights on the same girl. When she chooses one over the other, their friendship ends acrimoniously. However, things change when one the men is in a submarine trapped beneath the ocean and the other, a diver, is sent down on a rescue mission.
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
In this silent film, now considered lost, Doug Caswell falls for Irene, his wealthy father's mistress. It's up to Doug's stepmother Helen to put things right.
The College Hero
Screenplay
A college football player is injured by a jealous teammate during practice, but comes back unexpectedly to play for his team in the season's key game.
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.
Alias the Lone Wolf
Writer
Michael Lanyard, aka the Lone Wolf, is sailing to America when he meets pretty Eve de Montalais. Eve wants to sneak her valuable necklace through U.S. customs so that she can use the money from its sale to help straighten out her brother. The only problem is that there is a gang of jewel thieves on board who are just as determined to steal the necklace.
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.