Dorothy Short
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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 low-budget exploitation cheapie Reefer Madness, which in modern times has become a well-known cult film. She also appeared in another anti-marijuana film Assassin of Youth in 1937.
She often appeared alongside her husband in various 'B' pictures and the Pete Smith series of comedy shorts, in which O'Brien played the lead on many occasions during the 1940s. After their divorce in 1954, Short retired from film acting, and died nine years later at age 47.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3993 |
| Birthday | 1915-06-29 |
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Also Known As | Mrs. Dave O'Brien, |
1941
Spooks Run Wild
5.093/27
A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.
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Spooks Run Wild
1938
Tell Your Children
4.361/133
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entic...
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Tell Your Children
1940
Phantom Rancher
4.6/5
Cowboy puts on a black mask and a black outfit to fight a gang of land-grabbing crooks.
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Phantom Rancher
1941
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
10/1
Rancher Timothy Wade is ambushed by a masked man riding a pinto horse. His young son, Buzzy Wade and the loyal ranch foreman, Dude Bates, are mystifie...
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Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
1937
Brothers of the West
6.333/3
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...
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Brothers of the West
1939
Daughter of the Tong
5.167/6
A detective matches wits with the female leader of a crime ring.
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Daughter of the Tong
1938
Where the Buffalo Roam
5.5/4
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 mak...
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Where the Buffalo Roam
1938
The Singing Cowgirl
7.5/2
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...
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The Singing Cowgirl
1940
Pony Post
8/1
Atkins is the boss of one of the Pony Express relay stations. He has been causing trouble and is replaced with Cal Sheridan. Atkins now gets the Richa...
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Pony Post
1936
More Than a Secretary
6.5/8
When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn...
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More Than a Secretary
1939
Code of the Cactus
6.2/5
When Blackton outbids Bill Carson. Bill suspects he will have to rustle cattle to fulfill the contract. So Bill arrives posing as an Mexican. When he...
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Code of the Cactus
1942
Captain Midnight
6.333/3
Secret Service Major Steel is one of the few men in America aware of the fact that Captain Albright is also Captain Midnight, daring masked aviator de...
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Captain Midnight
1938
Start Cheering
6.875/8
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.
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Start Cheering
1935
The Call of the Savage
6/2
Two competing teams of scientists search the African jungles for a secret formula.
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The Call of the Savage
1940
Frontier Crusader
4.333/3
A marshal is sent to clean up a mining town being terrorized by an organized gang that is killing miners and stealing their claims.
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Frontier Crusader
1953
Things We Can Do Without
7.333/3
A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble tha...
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Things We Can Do Without
1938
Heart of Arizona
5.5/4
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.
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Heart of Arizona
1941
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
6/3
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 t...
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The Trail of the Silver Spurs
1934
Student Tour
6.667/3
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
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Student Tour
1946
I Love My Husband, But!
10/1
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a wife endures the trials of being married to a husband with traits that drive her crazy.
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I Love My Husband, But!
1942
Bullets for Bandits
7/1
In a saloon shooting, a cowboy thinks he killed Prince Katey, a man he closely resembles. Cannonball arrives and thinking the cowboy to be Katey, gets...
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Bullets for Bandits
1941
The Lone Rider Fights Back
0/0
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...
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The Lone Rider Fights Back
1947
I Love My Wife BUT!
7.5/2
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a husband endures the trials of being married to a wife with irritating traits.
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I Love My Wife BUT!
1950
A Wife's Life
6/1
In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled.
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A Wife's Life
1948
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
7.5/4
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their son-in-l...
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I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1938
Assassin of Youth
3/17
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 infiltr...
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Assassin of Youth
1948
Just Suppose
7.5/2
An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home a...
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Just Suppose
1951
Bargain Madness
7/2
In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, women battle for bargains in a department store.
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Bargain Madness
1956
Savage Fury
7/1
Separately released feature version of the 1935 Serial, Call of the Savage.
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Savage Fury
1938
Wild Horse Canyon
9/1
Seeking his brother’s murderer, cowboy Jack Gray and his sidekick Lopez sign on for work at a horse ranch where the foreman is up to no good.
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