Dorothy Bennett
# Dorothy Bennett

Dorothy Bennett (sometimes credited as Dorothy Hannah) was an American screenwriter, novelist, and playwright who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1940s.

## Biography

Bennett worked in advertising before finding a success as a playwright on Broadway. After Hollywood produced several big-screen adaptations of her plays, she moved to Los Angeles and took on work at MGM as a screenwriter. Bennett was married to Link Hannah, who she met while working in advertising. The pair, who occasionally wrote plays together, had three children.

## Selected filmography

* The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
* Do You Love Me (1946)
* Patrick the Great (1945)
* Sensations of 1945 (1944)
* Show Business (1944)
* All by Myself (1943)
* Mister Big (1943)
* Follow the Band (1943)
* It Comes Up Love (1943)
* When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
* Always in My Heart (1942)
* Daughters Courageous (1939)
* Life Begins with Love (1937)
* Wives Never Know (1936)
