Screenplay: Dorothy Howell
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Dorothy Howell. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Miracle Woman
1931 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · David Manners · Sam Hardy · Beryl Mercer
Plot Stanwyck's particularly fine as evangelist Florence "Faith" Fallon, who becomes very successful thanks to her way with words, some fake miracles, and the talents of shady promoter Hornsby (Sam Hardy)....
6.7
318 votes
6.7
318 votes
Rain or Shine
1930 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast Joe Cook · Louise Fazenda · Joan Peers · William Collier Jr.
Plot After her father's death, Mary Rainey takes over the Rainey Circus (which operates twice daily, rain or shine) but runs into financial troubles. In one bit reminiscent of the Marx...
6.0
30 votes
6.0
30 votes
Dirigible
1931 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast Jack Holt · Ralph Graves · Fay Wray · Hobart Bosworth
Plot A French explorer enlists the help of the US Navy in an expedition to the South Pole. There is competition between the airship division and fixed wing fliers, resolved in...
5.6
23 votes
5.6
23 votes
Soldiers and Women
1930 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Edward Sloman
Cast Aileen Pringue · Grant Withers · Judith Wood · Walter McGrail
Plot 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...
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Alias The Lone Wolf
1927 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Edward H. Griffith
Cast Bert Lytell · Lois Wilson · Ned Sparks · William V. Mong
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Black Lightning
1924 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction James P. Hogan
Cast Clara Bow · Harold Austin · Eddie Phillips · Joe Butterworth
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Men in Her Life
1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction William Beaudine
Cast Lois Moran · Charles Bickford · Victor Varconi · Don Dillaway
Plot 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...
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The College Hero
1927 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction Walter Lang
Cast Robert Agnew · Pauline Garon · Ben Turpin · Rex Lease
Plot Bob and Jim start out at college as rivals, but soon become great friends. When Bob takes pretty Vivian Saunders to the prom, Jim is disappointed--he wanted to take her--but...
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Ten Cents a Dance
1931 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Lionel Barrymore · Edward Buzzell
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Ricardo Cortez · Monroe Owsley · Sally Blane
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Whirlpool
1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Roy William Neill
Cast Jack Holt · Jean Arthur · Donald Cook · Allen Jenkins
Plot Carnie owner Buck Rankin marries local girl Helen and plans to go straight, but after a brawl ends up with a twenty-year sentence for manslaughter. When a pregnant Helen vows...
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Arizona
1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction George B. Seitz
Cast Laura La Plante · John Wayne · June Clyde · Forrest Stanley
Plot Bob refuses to marry his girlfriend and leaves her. She marries his close friend out of revenge.
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The Donovan Affair
1929 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast Jack Holt · Dorothy Revier · Virginia Brown Faire · William Collier Jr.
Plot The lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up, with his assistant Carney. In...
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The Big Timer
1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Edward Buzzell
Cast Ben Lyon · Constance Cummings · Thelma Todd · Tom Dugan
Plot An up and coming boxer ( Ben Lyon) runs into problems when he takes on a women fight manager (Constance Cummings).
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Stage Kisses
1927 · Movie · 56 min. · United States
Direction Albert H. Kelley
Cast Kenneth Harlan · Helene Chadwick · John Patrick · Phillips Smalley
Plot Donald Hampton (Kenneth Harlan), a rich playboy, falls in love with an actress, Fay Leslie (Helene Chadwick), and marries her against the wishes of his mother Mrs. Hampton (Frances Raymond)....
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Say It with Sables
1928 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast Francis X. Bushman · Helene Chadwick · Margaret Livingston · Arthur Rankin
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Unmarried Wives
1924 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction James P. Hogan
Cast Mildred Harris · Gladys Brockwell · Lloyd Whitlock · Bernard Randall
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Submarine
1928 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast Jack Holt · Dorothy Revier · Ralph Graves · Clarence Burton
Plot 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...
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Behind the Mask
1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction John Francis Dillon
Cast Jack Holt · Constance Cummings · Boris Karloff · Claude King
Plot A federal agent goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling operation headed by a mysterious Mr. X, a criminal mastermind whose identity is unknown even to his henchmen. Mr. X...
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Fifty Fathoms Deep
1931 · Movie · min. · United States
Direction Roy William Neill
Cast Jack Holt · Mary Doran · Richard Cromwell · Loretta Sayers
Plot A shady lady has an affair with one deep sea diver, marries his buddy and breaks up their friendship. Ere long, she cheats on her husband and runs off with...
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