Doris Hill

Doris Hill

Born: March 21, 1905
Died: March 3, 1976
in Roswell, New Mexico, USA
From Wikipedia

Doris Hill (March 21, 1905 – March 3, 1976) was an American

film actress of the 1920s and 1930s, mostly in B movies.

Born and raised in Roswell, New Mexico, Hill moved to

Hollywood in the mid-1920s to pursue an acting career. First working as a

vaudeville dancer, she received her first film acting role in 1926 when she

starred alongside George O'Hara in Is That Nice?. She starred in seventeen

films from 1926 to 1929, and unlike many silent film stars, she made a

successful transition to talking films.

In 1929, along with future major Hollywood star Jean Arthur,

Hill was selected as one of thirteen girls to be WAMPAS Baby Stars. On contract

with Paramount Pictures, she starred in four films in 1930, most notably Sons

of the Saddle with popular western actor Ken Maynard. Western film roles became

her most common parts, with her often starring opposite Tom Tyler. In 1932, she

starred in another six films, four of which were westerns. In 1933, she starred

in four films, all westerns, and by 1934, her career had slowed to almost no

roles.

Her last acting role was in the 1934 western Ridin' Gents

opposite Jack Perrin and Ben Corbett. She retired and married actor George L.

Derrick, but they divorced shortly after. She then married Hollywood director,

producer and writer Monte Brice, and eventually moved to Kingman, Arizona. She

died there on March 3, 1976.

Movies for Doris Hill...

Hotel Anchovy
Title: Hotel Anchovy
Character: Miss Whitney - Hotel Owner
Released: April 12, 1934
Type: Movie
The Ritz Brothers cause chaos in a bankrupt hotel.
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Ranger's Code
Title: Ranger's Code
Character: Mary Clayton
Released: August 14, 1933
Type: Movie
When his Ranger father is shot down and seriously wounded by rustlers, young Bob Baxter is given a Ranger's badge and a delivery to town of the rustlers.
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Galloping Romeo
Title: Galloping Romeo
Character: Mary Kent
Released: August 4, 1933
Type: Movie
Money is mysteriously disappearing from a locked trunk atop the stage even though the trunk arrives still locked. When pals Bob Rivers and Grizzly get the jop driving the stage, the same thing happens.
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Crashing Broadway
Title: Crashing Broadway
Character: Sally Sunshine
Released: June 1, 1933
Type: Movie
When Tad Wallace's act flops on Broadway, he joins a troop heading west. In a small town, they run into Jeffries who has just burned down the theater. When Jeffries kills Griswold, Tad has a plan to trap him by using the talents of Shakespearian actor Thorndyke.
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Trailing North
Title: Trailing North
Character: Mitzi
Released: May 15, 1933
Type: Movie
As Powers is dying he tells Lee to look for a man with a girl named Mitzi. Heading north by dog sled as Curly the Kid, he finds her and her friend Lucky. But Flash is another friend and Lee is in trouble when his true identity becomes known.
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Tangled Destinies
Title: Tangled Destinies
Character: Doris
Released: October 17, 1932
Type: Movie
An airliner makes a forced landing at night in the desert. The passengers and crew take refuge in a nearby deserted house. Soon some of the passengers are found murdered, and one of the passengers reveals himself to be a detective who was guarding one of the murdered passengers, who was carrying a bag of diamonds--which is now missing. The detective must find out which of the passengers is the killer.
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Careless Lady
Title: Careless Lady
Character: Ardis' Guest
Released: April 2, 1932
Type: Movie
Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.
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Texas Tornado
Title: Texas Tornado
Character: Ruth O'Byrne
Released: March 31, 1932
Type: Movie
Tex Robbins, a Texas Ranger, posing as "Wolf" Cassidy, a notorious Chicago gangster, works his way into the rustling gang and hideout of "Three-Star" Henley, but his plans go wrong and he has to fight his way to victory.
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South of the Rio Grande
Title: South of the Rio Grande
Character: Dolores Ruiz
Released: March 5, 1932
Type: Movie
Sergeant Carlos Olivarez (Buck Jones) becomes entangled in the machinations of an oil baron, havoc-wreaking bandits, and the femme fatale who ruined his brother.
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The Spirit of the West
Title: The Spirit of the West
Character: Dorothy Moore
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
To bring in the bad guys, a rodeo champ poses as an inept cowhand.
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The One Way Trail
Title: The One Way Trail
Character: Helen Beck
Released: October 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Tim thinks saloon owner Coldeye killed his brother. Seeking the ultimate payback, Tim gets a job in the saloon but has no idea he is targeting the wrong man.
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The Montana Kid
Title: The Montana Kid
Character: Molly Moore
Released: August 9, 1931
Type: Movie
A cowboy whose friend has been swindled out of his ranch and then murdered must take care of the man's son, then he goes after the killers.
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Code of Honor
Title: Code of Honor
Character: Doris Bradfield
Released: October 16, 1930
Type: Movie
Cardsharp Jack Cardigan decides to go straight when he meets Doris Bradfield, but is forced to use his talents on behalf of her dad, whose land-grant title has fallen into the hands of Jed Harden through the gambling weakness of Bradfield's son Tom.
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Sons of the Saddle
Title: Sons of the Saddle
Character: Veronica 'Ronnie' Stavnow
Released: August 3, 1930
Type: Movie
Jim Brandon, foreman of the Wind River Ranch, owned by Martin Stavnow, is in love with Ronnie, the rancher's daughter, though he is unaware that Harvey, a youthful cowhand, also loves her. Thus, Jim asks the boy, whom he protects like a brother, to speak for him. When he is spurned by Ronnie, Harvey decides to join Red Slade's gang, who are plotting a raid on the Wind River herd. As Jim forcibly attempts to separate him from the gang, Harvey is killed; and through the aid of his horse, Tarzan, Jim foils Slade's attempt to stampede the herd. Slade takes refuge in a wagon where Ronnie is hiding; Jim rescues Ronnie from the wagon just before the runaway team plunges over a cliff with Slade riding to his doom.
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Song of the Caballero
Title: Song of the Caballero
Character: Anita
Released: June 29, 1930
Type: Movie
After El Lobo robs Don Jose he gives one of the stolen items to Conchita. Later when he saves Anita in a runaway coach, Don Pedro invites him to the wedding of Anita and his son Don Jose. But Conchita is at the wedding and recognizes him putting his life in danger.
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Men Are Like That
Title: Men Are Like That
Character: Amy Fisher
Released: March 22, 1930
Type: Movie
A loud-mouthed lout alienates everyone except his patient wife.
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Darkened Rooms
Title: Darkened Rooms
Character: Joyce Clayton
Released: November 23, 1929
Type: Movie
Phony spiritualists were given a good going-over in the early talkie melodrama Darkened Rooms. Evelyn Brent stars as Ellen, a fraudulent medium working in cahoots with genuine clairvoyant Emory Jago (Neil Hamilton). The plotline is secondary; the film's main purpose was to emulate the methods of such professional "de-bunkers" as Mrs. Harry Houdini by exposing the various tricks of the spiritualist's trade.
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His Glorious Night
Title: His Glorious Night
Character: Priscilla Stratton
Released: September 28, 1929
Type: Movie
Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry officer she is secretly meeting. Her mother Eugenie (Nance O'Neil), who has found out about the affair forces her to dump Kovacs and take part in the arranged marriage. Though not believing her own words, Orsolini reluctantly tells Kovacs she cannot ever fall in love with a man with his social position. Feeling deeply hurt, Kovacs decides to take revenge by indulging in blackmail, spreading a rumor that he is an imposter and a swindler.
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The Studio Murder Mystery
Title: The Studio Murder Mystery
Character: Helen MacDonald
Released: June 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead.
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Avalanche
Title: Avalanche
Character: Kitty Mains
Released: November 10, 1928
Type: Movie
An otherwise honest gambler, played by Jack Holt, begins to cheat at cards in order to put his son John Darrow through mining school in this lavish Zane Grey adaptation produced by Paramount. The callow foster-son pays back the noble gesture by running off with Holt's mistress, Olga Baclanova.
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Take Me Home
Title: Take Me Home
Character: Alice Moore
Released: October 13, 1928
Type: Movie
Chorus girl Peggy Lane, finds a small part in a new show for David North, a stages-truck country boy. At rehearsal, David meets Delerys Devore, the show's star, and she quickly offers him a larger part in her act. Quite taken with David, Delerys invites him to her home on the pretext that Peggy will be there; when Peggy does not show up, David leaves, infuriating his hostess. Derelys has Peggy fired the next day, and in reprisal Peggy goads her into a Carmenesque fight backstage just before the show. Derelys is unable to go on stage, and Peggy takes her place, becoming the hit of the show. Peggy and David are later married and give up show business, finding contentment living on a farm.
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Court-Martial
Title: Court-Martial
Character: General's Daughter
Released: August 12, 1928
Type: Movie
During the American Civil War, A Union-Army officer is ordered by U. S. President Abraham Lincoln to bring in Belle Starr, the leader of a Missouri guerrilla band, dead or alive. However, he falls in love with her, does not bring her in, and is facing a court-martial.
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
Title: Tillie's Punctured Romance
Character: Heroine
Released: March 3, 1928
Type: Movie
The ring master is plotting to get the circus owner done away with in a lion cage so he can take over.
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The Beauty Shoppers 1927
Title: The Beauty Shoppers 1927
Released: December 12, 1927
Type: Movie
This film was released in 1927
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Figures Don't Lie
Title: Figures Don't Lie
Character: Mamie
Released: October 8, 1927
Type: Movie
Figures Don't Lie is a showcase for the physical charms of lovely Esther Ralston, who in one scene proves the accuracy of the title by donning a fetching one-piece bathing suit. The main story concerns wise-guy insurance salesman Richard Arlen, who through a combination of hard work and sheer gall lands a job as sales manager. But he can't land heroine Ralston, who has remained cool to his charms ever since he tried to make a play for her on the street.
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Rough House Rosie
Title: Rough House Rosie
Character: Ruth
Released: May 14, 1927
Type: Movie
A poor but ambitious young girl is determined to crash high society, but isn't prepared for the reception she receives.
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Casey at the Bat
Title: Casey at the Bat
Character: Floradora Girl
Released: March 8, 1927
Type: Movie
Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York scout signs him up, so Casey and his equally dishonest manager go to the big leagues. Eventually, the scout and manager conspire to get him drunk and bet against him for a crucial game with the pennant at stake.
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The Better 'Ole
Title: The Better 'Ole
Character: Joan (uncredited)
Released: October 23, 1926
Type: Movie
The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.
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Cartoons in the Country
Title: Cartoons in the Country
Character: Mabel Reed
Released: October 20, 1915
Type: Movie
Donald and Eleanor are in love, so that Jim realizes it is up to him to pick a peach for himself. There is only one room left at their country boarding house and Jim wants to make sure that no one but the proper peach rents it. In order to keep the proprietress busy while he interviews the applicants for the room, Jim gives her the animated picture book to look at.