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Dorothy Yost (April 25, 1899 – June 10, 1967), later married as Dorothy Yost Cummings, was a prominent screenwriter whose career lasted from the silent era well into the sound era. Over her lifetime, she worked on more than 90 films, including her own screenplays.
by Kim Tomadjoglou. “Dorothy is another one of the family who has inherited the art of writing—it is a YOST talent,” wrote Kathryn Yost Boyd in 1925 in an unpublished family history. In 1927, the Los Angeles Times praised Dorothy Yost as being Hollywood’s youngest and most successful scenarist (28). They exaggerated.
Oct 15, 2019 · A prominent writer whose career spanned both the silent and sound eras, Yost worked on more than ninety-four films throughout her lifetime, including Alice Adams (1935) starring Katherine Hepburn, That Girl From Paris (1936) starring Lily Pons, and the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals The Gay Divorcee (1934), Roberta (1935), Swing Time (1...
Dorothy Yost was born on 25 April 1899 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was a writer, known for The Sea Bat (1930), The Big Cat (1949) and That Girl from Paris (1936). She was married to Dwight Cummins. She died on 10 June 1967 in Monrovia, California, USA.
- Writer, Script And Continuity Department
- April 25, 1899
- Dorothy Yost
- June 10, 1967
Dorothy Yost (1899-1967) wrote for 74 films between 1920-1966. At first, she specialized in outdoorsy fare like Rin Tin Tin's Hills of Kentucky (1927). In the 1930s, Yost spent most of her time at RKO.
Dorothy Yost is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Adaptation, Scenario Writer, and Story. Some of her work includes The Gay Divorcee, Alice Adams, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, Blossoms in the Dust, Bunker Bean, Kentucky Pride, The Big Cat, and Thunderhead - Son of Flicka.
Pages in category "Films with screenplays by Dorothy Yost" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
