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

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Black Lightning

1924 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

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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

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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

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Unmarried Wives

1924 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

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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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