Donald Davis (August 14, 1904''U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007'' – March 28, 1992) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the play and film adaptations of ''

The Good Earth ''The Good Earth'' is a historical fiction novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in a Chinese village in the early 20th century. It is the first book in her ''House of Earth'' trilogy, continued in ''Sons'' (1932) ...

'', among others. A native of

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

, Davis later moved to Palm Beach,

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

, where he died. He was married to actress Dorothy Matthews. His father was the playwright

Owen Davis Owen Gould Davis (January 29, 1874 – October 14, 1956) was an American dramatist known for writing more than 200 plays and having most produced. In 1919, he became the first elected president of the Dramatists Guild of America. He received t ...

."Donald Davis Is Dead; Playwright Was 88."
''The New York Times'', April 15, 1992

Selected filmography

* ''

Two Flaming Youths ''Two Flaming Youths'' is a lost 1927 American silent comedy film directed by John Waters and written by John W. Conway, Donald Davis, Percy Heath, and Herman J. Mankiewicz. The film stars W. C. Fields, Chester Conklin, Mary Brian, Jack Luden ...

'' (1927) * '' Dangerous Curves'' (1929) * ''

Rough Romance ''Rough Romance'' is a 1930 American lumberjack Western (genre), Western film directed by A. F. Erickson. The film stars George O'Brien (actor), George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, Antonio Moreno, Roy Stewart (silent film actor), Roy Stewart, and H ...

'' (1930) * ''

Damaged Lives ''Damaged Lives'' is a 1933 Canadian/American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code exploitation film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The screenplay is based on the French play ''Les Avariés'' (1901) by Eugène Brieux.Bogdanovich, Peter (1997) (New York: K ...

'' (1933) * ''

'' (1937) * ''

City Without Men ''City Without Men'' is a 1943 American film noir crime film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Linda Darnell, Edgar Buchanan and Michael Duane. It was released by Columbia Pictures on January 14, 1943. A group of women lives in a boarding ...

'' (1943)

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