Screenplay: Dorothy Cooper

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Dorothy Cooper. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Duchess of Idaho

1950 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Esther Williams · Van Johnson · John Lund · Paula Raymond

Plot Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in,...

5.6

22 votes

5.6

22 votes

The Flying Nun (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Harry Ackerman · Max Wylie · Jerrold Bernstein · Jerome Courtland

Cast Sally Field · Marge Redmond · Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood · Alejandro Rey

Plot TV Series (1967-1970). 82 episodes. The large headgear on 90-pound novice Sister Bertrille, of the convent San Tanco in Puerto Rico, enables her to fly in any stiff breeze. Her...

5.4

47 votes

5.4

47 votes

Rich, Young and Pretty

1951 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast Jane Powell · Danielle Darrieux · Wendell Corey · Fernando Lamas

Plot Rich, Young and Pretty succinctly describes Jane Powell, the heroine of this frothy MGM musical. Vacationing in Paris with her father, Jim Stauton Rogers (Wendell Corey) -- a cattle baron-turned-politician,...

5.4

25 votes

5.4

25 votes

On an Island with You

1948 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Esther Williams · Peter Lawford · Ricardo Montalban · Jimmy Durante

Plot A young navy lieutenant is brought in as techninical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her - and...

5.1

44 votes

5.1

44 votes

A Date with Judy

1948 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Wallace Beery · Jane Powell · Elizabeth Taylor · Carmen Miranda

Plot Developed from a radio program which began in 1941, hyperactive teenager Judy challenges and is challeged by her overly proper parents, pest of a brother Randolph and boyfriend Oogie

5.1

79 votes

5.1

79 votes

Let's Be Happy

1957 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Henry Levin

Cast Vera-Ellen · Tony Martin · Robert Flemyng · Zena Marshall

Plot Jeannie MacLean, a poor Vermont girl, unexpectedly is left $4,952.00 by her grandfather in his will. She decides to fulfill her lifetime wish of traveling to Scotland. On the way...

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Flood Tide

1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Abner Biberman

Cast George Nader · Cornell Borchers · Michel Ray · Judson Pratt

Plot The finding of a body on the beach leads to the conviction for murder of Bill Holleran (who claims innocence), thanks to the testimony of a 10-year-old boy, David Gordon....

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My Three Sons (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Frederick de Cordova · James V. Kern · Gene Reynolds · Peter Tewksbury

Cast Fred MacMurray · Stanley Livingston · Don Grady · William Demarest

Plot Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of...

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Studio 57 (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Herschel Daugherty · Richard Irving · John English · Don Weis

Cast Tim Graham · Jean Byron · Marguerite Chapman · Robert Armstrong

Plot This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.

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Father Knows Best (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Ed James · Peter Tewksbury · William D. Russell

Cast Robert Young · Jane Wyatt · Billy Gray · Lauren Chapin

Plot TV Series (1954-1960). 203 episodes. The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children...

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Small Town Girl

1953 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction László Kardos

Cast Jane Powell · Farley Granger · Ann Miller · S.Z. Sakall

Plot Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding throu a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let...

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Gidget (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Frederick Kohner · E.W. Swackhamer · William Asher · Jerrold Bernstein

Cast Sally Field · Don Porter · Lynette Winter · Pete Duel

Plot TV Series (1965-1966). 1 Seasons. 32 episodes. Frances "Gidget" Lawrence lives with her widowed college professor father in Southern California. Anne is her older sister who is married to John...

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