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1920 - 1954. 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. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Monrovia, California.
- Screenwriter
- April 25, 1899, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1920 - 1954
- June 10, 1967 (aged 68), Monrovia, California
“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one of the family who has inherited the art of writing—it is a YOST talent,” wrote Kathryn Yost Boyd in 1925 in an unpublished family history.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).
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.
- Dorothy Yost
Oct 15, 2019 · “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one of the family who has inherited the art of writing—it is a YOST talent,” wrote Kathryn Yost Boyd in 1925 in an unpublished family history.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. Although she did begin working in the motion picture industry as a teenager, she would ...
Dorothy Yost. Writer: The Sea Bat. 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).
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.
Dorothy Yost 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. Here she worked on everything from the studio's 'regional' comedies (Bunker Bean et al.) to the Astaire-Rogers musicals.
