Dorothy Kingsley (Writing)
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Works
Angels in the Outfield
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn the team around. Sure enough, his prayers are answered in the form of angel Al.
Release Date: 1994-07-15
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 439
Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children
Debbie Reynolds and hundreds of children, from toddlers to teens, star in a musical salute to the days of the week. They sing rhymes for each day, and note the special qualities attributed to children born on that day.
Release Date: 1969-11-06
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Bracken's World
Behind the scenes at the fictitious Century Studios in Hollywood, headed by the (initially) unseen John Bracken.
Release Date: 1969-09-19
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 1
Valley of the Dolls
In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles becomes a secretary at a theatrical law firm, where she falls in love with attorney Lyon Burke. Anne befriends up-and-coming singer Neely O'Hara, whose dynamic talent threatens aging star Helen Lawson and beautiful but talentless actress Jennifer North. The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy.
Release Date: 1967-12-27
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 123
Pepe
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.
Release Date: 1960-12-21
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 46
Can-Can
Parisian nightclub owner Simone Pistache is known for her performances of the can-can, which attracts the ire of the self-righteous Judge Philipe Forrestier. He hatches a plot to photograph her in the act but ends up falling for her — much to the chagrin of her boyfriend, lawyer François Durnais.
Release Date: 1960-03-09
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 29
Green Mansions
A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace, he goes to the mountains and the forests of the Amazon. There he encounters Rima, the Bird Girl, an orphan living a life of nature, who is feared by a local jungle tribe.
Release Date: 1959-03-19
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 26
Don't Go Near the Water
Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.
Release Date: 1957-11-14
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 16
Pal Joey
An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.
Release Date: 1957-10-25
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 74
Jupiter's Darling
Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a defense against Hannibal's armies, Fabius' fiancée, Amytis, is curious about the fearless conqueror. Amytis travels to Hannibal's camp just to get a look at him, but she ends up being captured. However, she is instantly smitten by the Carthaginian commander, so she tries to shift his attentions away from Rome -- and to her instead.
Release Date: 1955-02-18
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 6
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Release Date: 1954-07-22
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 537
Kiss Me Kate
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.
Release Date: 1953-11-26
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 85
Dangerous When Wet
The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!
Release Date: 1953-06-18
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 20
Small Town Girl
Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let him leave for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on her birthday. After that he goes on the town with Cindy and she falls in love with him. But Dr. Schemmer wants his son to become her husband.
Release Date: 1953-04-10
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 9
When in Rome
An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.
Release Date: 1952-05-11
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
It's a Big Country
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern. Stories are framed by the lecture of a university professor. In one tale a Boston resident becomes angry when the census forgets to record her presence. Another sketch chronicles the achievements of African Americans while still another pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Texas.
Release Date: 1951-11-20
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 7
Angels in the Outfield
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Release Date: 1951-10-19
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 26
Texas Carnival
A Texas carnival showmen team is mistaken for a cattle baron and his sister.
Release Date: 1951-10-05
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 5
Two Weeks with Love
The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti is at a disadvantage because her parents think she is too young for boys. But with Patti singing at an amateur show and a dance, her adventures in quest of Armendez ends happily.
Release Date: 1950-11-10
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 9
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
Release Date: 1950-06-29
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 3
Neptune's Daughter
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.
Release Date: 1949-06-10
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 26
A Date with Judy
Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship with Carol's bumbling brother, Oogie, Judy suspects that her father is having an affair with a beautiful dance instructor. The two girls team up to expose Judy's father -- who is only taking innocent dance lessons.
Release Date: 1948-07-29
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 15
On an Island with You
A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her at a Forces show, the young lad somehow believes she should be his girl. Her boyfriend is just one of those disagreeing.
Release Date: 1948-05-03
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 14
Easy to Wed
When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a homewrecker, she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit. The publication's frazzled head editor now must find a way to discredit her.
Release Date: 1946-07-25
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 9
Bathing Beauty
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.
Release Date: 1944-06-27
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 30
Broadway Rhythm
Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.
Release Date: 1944-01-19
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 2
Look Who's Laughing
Fibber McGee enlists the help of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in enticing an aircraft manufacturer to build a factory in the small town of Wistful Vista. Based on the "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio series
Release Date: 1941-11-21
Department: Writing
Job: Other
Vote Count: 2