Douglas Doty
Douglas Zabriskie Doty (born October 15, 1874 in New York City , New York , † February 20, 1935 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American screenwriter .
biography
Doty began his career as a screenwriter in the Hollywood film industry in 1920 with the drafting of the template for the silent film Two Kinds of Love and wrote the scripts for more than 60 films until his death.
At the 1931 Academy Awards , he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Story, along with director Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and Donald Ogden Stewart for Laughter (1930) .
Other films based on his scripts and templates were Ralph's nocturnal adventures (1924), The Woman Who Bewitches Men (1924), A Girl and Three Old Fools (1924), Your Highness Makes a Loan (1925), The Criminal Cavalier (1928 ) and The Men around Lucie (1931). He worked with film directors such as Monta Bell , Robert Z. Leonard , King Vidor , Irving Cummings and Alexander Korda .
Web links
- Douglas Doty in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doty, Douglas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Doty, Douglas Zabriskie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1935 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |