Dorothy Arzner — Director (5)
Working Girls (1931) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Working Girls
director: Dorothy Arzner actor: Judith Wood / Dorothy Hall
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Merrily We Go to Hell
director: Dorothy Arzner actor: Sylvia Sidney / Fredric March
other title: Andiamo all'inferno allegramente / Tuya para siempre
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dance, Girl, Dance
other title: Balla ragazza balla / Dança, Rapariga, Dança
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.