Writing

A. Dorian Otvos

Born — Died

1893-10-11 — 1945-08-25

Place of birth

Budapest, Hungary

Known for

Writing

Credits

12 titles

Known for

No artwork available
NR

A Warner Bros Vitaphone short that promoted "Girls...Songs....Laughs." No full print exists but the Library of Congress has acquired one musical sequence.

Pleasure Island

1933

Merry Go Round of 1938 poster
7.5

Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.

Merry Go Round of 1938

1937

Service with a Smile poster
8.3

Walter Webb, thinking his gas station has been destroyed, describes a "super-deluxe" gas station run by chorus girls to his insurance agent.

Service with a Smile

1934

The Policy Girl poster
7.5

An insurance salesman persuades his sister to help him meet a radio star so he can sell the celebrity a policy.

The Policy Girl

1934

No artwork available
7.0

Adam and Eve are in the Garden of Eden preparing their latest meal. After the meal, they take a stroll through time. They make a few stops along the way for some musical interludes. These stops include in the Gardens of Emperor Nero of Rome for a concert circa 100 A.D., in King Arthur's court, and at a beach resort in current times.

Good Morning, Eve!

1934

Goodbye Broadway poster
10.0

Pat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small town of Hamilton, Conn. with a troupe of dancers, singers, a trained dog and an educated seal. Harry Clark, the clerk at the rundown Swanzey Hotel, insults Pat and the latter uses the $4000, that he and Molly have been saving for years to buy a retirement farm, to buy the hotel so he can fire Harry. Local skinflint, J.A. Higgins wants the hotel as he knows the state has intentions to buy it for a museum, but Pat won't sell.

Goodbye Broadway

1938

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

A Warner Bros Vitaphone short that promoted "Girls...Songs....Laughs." No full print exists but the Library of Congress has acquired one musical sequence.

Pleasure Island

1933

Merry Go Round of 1938 poster
7.5

Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.

Merry Go Round of 1938

1937

Service with a Smile poster
8.3

Walter Webb, thinking his gas station has been destroyed, describes a "super-deluxe" gas station run by chorus girls to his insurance agent.

Service with a Smile

1934

The Policy Girl poster
7.5

An insurance salesman persuades his sister to help him meet a radio star so he can sell the celebrity a policy.

The Policy Girl

1934

No artwork available
7.0

Adam and Eve are in the Garden of Eden preparing their latest meal. After the meal, they take a stroll through time. They make a few stops along the way for some musical interludes. These stops include in the Gardens of Emperor Nero of Rome for a concert circa 100 A.D., in King Arthur's court, and at a beach resort in current times.

Good Morning, Eve!

1934

Goodbye Broadway poster
10.0

Pat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small town of Hamilton, Conn. with a troupe of dancers, singers, a trained dog and an educated seal. Harry Clark, the clerk at the rundown Swanzey Hotel, insults Pat and the latter uses the $4000, that he and Molly have been saving for years to buy a retirement farm, to buy the hotel so he can fire Harry. Local skinflint, J.A. Higgins wants the hotel as he knows the state has intentions to buy it for a museum, but Pat won't sell.

Goodbye Broadway

1938

The Winnah! poster
7.0

State College is a coeducational school where the athletics are more important than academics. All there are preparing for a big multi-sport match with arch rival Dale College. Students Arthur and Florence are brother and sister, each with love troubles. Their romantic problems are resolved against a background of leggy singing, dancing coeds in this 2 reel musical.

The Winnah!

1934

Yours Sincerely poster
5.4

A resort owner tries to marry his daughter to a millionaire, but his scheme doesn't turn out exactly as planned.

Yours Sincerely

1933

No artwork available
7.0

A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.

King for a Day

1934

No artwork available
7.3

Short featuring musician Eubie Blake and his orchestra, singer Nina Mae McKinney, and young tap dancers Fayard and Harold Nicholas.

Pie, Pie Blackbird

1932

No artwork available
NR

DeWolf Hopper thinks he is on the verge of death and a couple of newspapers are bidding for the story rights. One of the newspapers is willing to pay a big sum if Hopper will kick off in time for its last edition of the day. Hopper plays the whole role in bed.

For Two Cents

1930

Smash Your Baggage poster
7.5

A group of redcaps in a train station perform musical numbers to raise money for a sick member of their group.

Smash Your Baggage

1932