Portrait of Dorothy Yost

Writing

Dorothy Yost

Career

Active from 1920 to 1966, with a break from 1954 to 1965, busiest in 1927 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dorothy Yost Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1
  • Dark Humor
    1.1, average 2.8
  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Silent Film Era 4
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Classic Western 3
  • Romantic Drama 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Hopeful 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Horse Racing 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

1 title ยท average score 58
Smoky
Smoky (1966)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay

1950s

1 title
Saginaw Trail
Saginaw Trail (1953)

Writer

1940s

9 titles ยท average score 58
The Cowboy and the Indians
The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

The Big Cat
The Big Cat (1949)
GoodWatch score 37

Screenplay

Loaded Pistols
Loaded Pistols (1948)

Story, Screenplay

The Strawberry Roan
The Strawberry Roan (1948)

Screenplay

Smoky
Smoky (1946)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

Blossoms in the Dust
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
GoodWatch score 50

Writer

Sporting Blood
Sporting Blood (1940)

Screenplay

Forty Little Mothers
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

1930s

18 titles ยท average score 61
Four Girls in White
Four Girls in White (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Blackmail
Blackmail (1939)
GoodWatch score 68

Story

Bad Little Angel
Bad Little Angel (1939)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Racing Lady
Racing Lady (1937)

Screenplay

There Goes the Groom
There Goes the Groom (1937)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay

Too Many Wives
Too Many Wives (1937)

Writer

Murder on a Bridle Path
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
GoodWatch score 43

Screenplay

That Girl from Paris
That Girl from Paris (1936)
GoodWatch score 46

Screenplay

Alice Adams
Alice Adams (1935)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay

Laddie
Laddie (1935)

Screenplay

The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay

Hello, Everybody!
Hello, Everybody! (1933)

Screenplay

1920s

35 titles ยท average score 62
Wallflowers
Wallflowers (1928)

Writer

Little Mickey Grogan
Little Mickey Grogan (1927)

Adaptation, Screenplay

Hills of Kentucky
Hills of Kentucky (1927)

Story

Kentucky Pride
Kentucky Pride (1925)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

My Husband's Wives
My Husband's Wives (1924)

Writer

Romance Ranch
Romance Ranch (1924)

Writer

Traffic in Hearts
Traffic in Hearts (1924)

Story

Broadway or Bust
Broadway or Bust (1924)

Writer

Kentucky Days
Kentucky Days (1923)

Writer

Cinderella of the Hills
Cinderella of the Hills (1921)

Screenplay

For the Soul of Rafael
For the Soul of Rafael (1920)

Writer, Scenario Writer

Smoldering Embers
Smoldering Embers (1920)

Writer