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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