Dorothy Yost
Screenwriter (1899-1967) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 68
Dorothy Yost, later married as Dorothy Yost Cummings, was a prominent screenwriter whose career lasted from the silent era well into the sound era. Over her lifetime, she worked on more than 90 films, including her own screenplays. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Monrovia, California.
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Close ties
Shirley Mason Dorothy wrote Jackie and Little Miss Smiles- Louis King Directed Thunderhead: Son of Flicka and Smoky
Pandro S. Berman Produced The Gay Divorcee and Alice Adams
S. Sylvan Simon Directed Four Girls in White and Sporting Blood- Armand Schaefer Produced Loaded Pistols (1948)
John English Directed Loaded Pistols (1948)
Gene Autry Dorothy wrote Loaded Pistols (1948)
Rita Johnson Also in Forty Little Mothers (1940)
Fred Astaire Dorothy wrote The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Walter Brennan Dorothy wrote Alice Adams (1935)
George Stevens Directed Alice Adams (1935)
Wesley Ruggles Directed The Sea Bat (1930)
Mark Sandrich Directed The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Clayton Moore Also in Four Girls in White (1939)
Gene Reynolds Also in Bad Little Angel and The Big Cat
J. Farrell MacDonald Dorothy wrote Kentucky Pride and SmokyGeorge Lessey Also in Sporting Blood and Blossoms in the Dust
- H. C. Potter Directed Blackmail (1939)
- Phil Karlson Directed The Big Cat (1949)
Wilhelm Thiele Directed Bad Little Angel (1939)
William Scott Dorothy wrote Jackie and Flames of the Flesh
Harry Garson Directed For the Soul of Rafael (1920)- John Stone Produced Traffic in Hearts (1924)
James Leo Meehan Directed The Devil's Trademark (1928)
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1967 · aged 68
