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Douglas Z Doty

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Years active
  
1920-1938

Name
  
Douglas Doty

Role
  
Screenwriter


Douglas Z. Doty

Born
  
October 15, 1874 (
1874-10-15
)
New York, New York, USA

Died
  
February 20, 1935, Los Angeles, California, United States

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Story

Movies
  
Laughter, College Lovers, Gallant Lady, Always Goodbye, Vanity

Similar People
  
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Donald Ogden Stewart, Donald Crisp, Cecil B DeMille, Joseph Henabery

Douglas Z. Doty (October 15, 1874 – 20 February 1935) was an American screenwriter and editor.

Biography

Doty wrote the screenplays for 63 films between 1920 and 1938, the last one being Always Goodbye released in 1938, three years after his death. Doty also worked as an editor for The Century Company.

Together with his co-writers Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and Donald Ogden Stewart, he was nominated for the 1931 Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Story) for the film Laughter.

He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.

References

Douglas Z. Doty Wikipedia