Dorothy Jordan

Dorothy Jordan

Born: August 9, 1906
Died: December 7, 1988
in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA

Movies for Dorothy Jordan...

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Title: The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 1, 1988
Type: Movie
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
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Title: The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 1987
Type: TV
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.
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The Wings of Eagles
Title: The Wings of Eagles
Character: Rose Brentmann
Released: January 31, 1957
Type: Movie
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
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The Searchers
Title: The Searchers
Character: Martha Edwards
Released: May 16, 1956
Type: Movie
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
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The Sun Shines Bright
Title: The Sun Shines Bright
Character: Lucy Lee's Mother
Released: May 2, 1953
Type: Movie
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.
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One Man's Journey
Title: One Man's Journey
Character: Letty McGinnis
Released: August 31, 1933
Type: Movie
Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy as well as Letty, a baby whose mother has died in childbirth and whose father blames Watt and abandons the child. Watt dreams of returning to do research studies, but always something gets in the way: an epidemic, his children's needs, or the needs of his generally ungrateful patients. Only with the passing years does he come to find that his future isn't over and his past isn't quite the failure he believed.
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Bondage
Title: Bondage
Character: Judy Peters
Released: April 22, 1933
Type: Movie
Judy Peters is about to be sentenced after she has pled guilty to her third offense of prostitution, when Dr. Nelson interrupts and tells her story to the court. (Mubi.)
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Strictly Personal
Title: Strictly Personal
Character: Mary O'Connor
Released: March 17, 1933
Type: Movie
Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these were often "clip joints" - places where people with money but no mate got taken by someone offering the promise of companionship. However, Soapy and Annie are strictly on the level - and they have more than one reason to want to stay on the level. You see Soapy escaped from the law years ago, had some plastic surgery and changed his name, and has been living on the lam with his wife ever since.
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That's My Boy
Title: That's My Boy
Character: Dorothy Rogers
Released: November 13, 1932
Type: Movie
Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern California Trojans, with team members Russell Saunders and Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian also cast in roles other than just team members.
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The Cabin in the Cotton
Title: The Cabin in the Cotton
Character: Betty Wright
Released: September 26, 1932
Type: Movie
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
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70,000 Witnesses
Title: 70,000 Witnesses
Character: Dorothy Clark
Released: September 9, 1932
Type: Movie
College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses, but they player is doped anyway and collapses and dies. A detective has the whole game re-enacted to find important clues.
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Down To Earth
Title: Down To Earth
Character: Julia Pearson
Released: September 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Husband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.
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The Roadhouse Murder
Title: The Roadhouse Murder
Character: Mary Agnew
Released: April 28, 1932
Type: Movie
After he stumbles across a murder, a young reporter devises an elaborate scene to keep his newspaper stories about the crime front-page news. Eric Linden, Dorothy Jordan, Bruce Cabot, Roscoe Ates, Roscoe Karns and Purnell Pratt star in this 1932 thriller, directed by J. Walter Ruben.
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The Wet Parade
Title: The Wet Parade
Character: Maggie May
Released: March 26, 1932
Type: Movie
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.
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The Lost Squadron
Title: The Lost Squadron
Character: 'Pest' Curwood
Released: March 12, 1932
Type: Movie
When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in Hollywood, where they work as stunt fliers for a sadistic director.
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Hell Divers
Title: Hell Divers
Character: Ann Mitchell
Released: January 16, 1932
Type: Movie
The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.
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The Beloved Bachelor
Title: The Beloved Bachelor
Character: Mitzi
Released: October 23, 1931
Type: Movie
Michael Morda, a young sculptor living in San Francisco, is madly in love with Elinor Hunter, and they plan to be married. When Elinor becomes jealous of Julie Stressman, an old friend of Michael's and one of his models, Michael reluctantly asks Julie not to visit him at his studio. They agree to meet only at the construction site where he is working on a sculpture for which Julie is modeling. When Elinor also shows up at the site, Julie leaves so as to avoid a confrontation, but she is killed by some falling materials. Julie's dying request is that Michael adopt her daughter Mitzi, whose father died years earlier. In order to prevent Mitzi from being taken to an orphanage, Michael lies and says he is her father. Elinor hears this, and without asking questions, leaves him and marries another man the same night.
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Young Sinners
Title: Young Sinners
Character: Constance Sinclair
Released: May 17, 1931
Type: Movie
The reckless son of a millionaire struggles to find a positive outlook on life, so he turns to a hard-nosed trainer for help.
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Shipmates
Title: Shipmates
Character: Kit Corbin
Released: April 25, 1931
Type: Movie
A sailor falls in love with the admiral's daughter but finds they can't marry because of his lowly rank.
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A Tailor-Made Man
Title: A Tailor-Made Man
Character: Tanya
Released: March 28, 1931
Type: Movie
John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs his way into a high society party. After meeting wealthy businessman Abraham Nathan, John Paul quickly rises to the top of Nathan's company. Suffering during The Depression, John Paul helps Nathan save his company with a radical program of cooperative ownership between workers and management. Meanwhile, John Paul makes an enemy of Gustav, who is engaged to Tanya - the daughter of Mr. Huber, owner of the tailor shop. John Paul maintains a friendship with Tanya, provoking jealousy in Gustav. Gustav threatens to reveal John Paul's plain origins to Nathan, and John Paul briefly resigns from Nathan's company. However, John Paul's plan is a success, and Nathan hires him back immediately. Tanya leaves Gustav and ends up with John Paul.
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Min and Bill
Title: Min and Bill
Character: Nancy Smith
Released: November 29, 1930
Type: Movie
Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.
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Love in the Rough
Title: Love in the Rough
Character: Marilyn
Released: September 5, 1930
Type: Movie
When a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.
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Call of the Flesh
Title: Call of the Flesh
Character: Maria Consuelo Vargas
Released: August 16, 1930
Type: Movie
A student nun falls in love with a Mexican singer starring in a cafe next door to her convent.
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In Gay Madrid
Title: In Gay Madrid
Character: Carmina
Released: May 17, 1930
Type: Movie
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. At Santiago, his father's old friend is to be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago he joins a fraternity, and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter, Carmina.
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Devil-May-Care
Title: Devil-May-Care
Character: Leonie de Beaufort
Released: December 27, 1929
Type: Movie
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
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The Taming of the Shrew
Title: The Taming of the Shrew
Character: Bianca
Released: October 26, 1929
Type: Movie
Adapted from Shakespeare's play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Katherine and Bianca. The younger daughter, Bianca, is charming and has many suitors. But her father will not allow Bianca to be married until her older sister, who is notoriously quarrelsome and bad-tempered, is married first. When Petruchio comes from Verona to Padua in search of a wife, he hears of this situation, and he accepts the challenge of trying to woo and marry the ill-natured Katherine.
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Words and Music
Title: Words and Music
Character: Ensemble Member
Released: August 18, 1929
Type: Movie
Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college student.
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Words and Music
Title: Words and Music
Character: Song and dance Principal
Released: August 18, 1929
Type: Movie
Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college student.
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Black Magic
Title: Black Magic
Character: Ann Bradbroke
Released: July 6, 1929
Type: Movie
On a South Seas island, "three white derelicts drink away memories of the past. After many adventures during which a girl enters the picture, the three are rehabilitated and everything turns out happily."
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Fashion News
Title: Fashion News
Character: Self (1930)
Released: November 6, 1928
Type: Movie
Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.