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Dorothy Short
Actress 1915 - 1963

Dorothy Short

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy Short (1915 - 1963) was an American film actress mainly in low-budget westerns and serials in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Philadelphia, she married actor Dave O'Brien in 1936, the same year they appeared together in the... Read full bio →

Filmography

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11 titles
Trail of the Silver Spurs

Trail of the Silver Spurs

S. Roy Luby 1941 57m

The Range Busters are investigating a gold robbery from the Denver Mint in a supposedly deserted ghost town, but they soon find they're not the only town resident with a nose for gold.

The Lone Rider Fights Back

The Lone Rider Fights Back

Sam Newfield 1941 1h 4m 7.0

Opera star-cum-cowboy hero George Houston stars in PRC's The Lone Rider Fights Back. Appropriately enough, Houston disguises himself as a musician to get the goods on a gang of terrorists. The principal villain hopes to scare the local miners off their land, so he can move in and clean up.

Spooks Run Wild

Spooks Run Wild

Phil Rosen 1941 1h 5m 5.0

A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.

Daughter of the Tong

Daughter of the Tong

Raymond K. Johnson 1939 56m 6.0

A detective matches wits with the female leader of an Oriental crime ring.

Code of the Cactus

Code of the Cactus

Sam Newfield 1939 56m

A story of cattle rustling and double identities.

Where the Buffalo Roam

Where the Buffalo Roam

Albert Herman 1938 1h 1m 4.0

Tex returns to Santa Fe to find his Mother murdered. Foster runs the town and all crimes committed by his gang are blamed on Rogel and his men. He makes Tex Marshal but this backfires when Tex enlists Rogel and his men and goes after Foster who he now knows is responsible for his Mother's death.

The Singing Cowgirl

The Singing Cowgirl

Samuel Diege 1938 59m

Tolen is after the Harkins ranch where his men have found gold. After they kill Harkins, Dorothy and Dick step in and discover that the gold actually washes down from Tolen's own ranch. When Harkins' brother arrives to take over they test Tolen by having the brother offer to swap ranches.

Heart of Arizona

Heart of Arizona

Lesley Selander 1938 1h 8m

Belle Starr has returned from time in prison only to face a hail of bullets, along with rescue by Hoppy and the Bar 20 gang.

Brothers of the West

Brothers of the West

Sam Katzman 1937 58m

Tyler is a range detective whose brother stands accused of robbing a bank and murdering the bank president. To prove him innocent, Tyler must decipher his only clue, an unusual set of tire tracks.

Assassin of Youth

Assassin of Youth

Elmer Clifton 1937 1h 20m 4.5

A high-school girl gets involved with a ring of teenage marijuana smokers and starts down the road to ruin. A reporter poses as a soda jerk to infiltrate the gang of teen dope fiends.

Tell Your Children

Tell Your Children

Louis J. Gasnier 1936 1h 6m 4.0

Cautionary tale features a fictionalized and highly exaggerated take on the use of marijuana. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.

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