Doris Wolfe Gilbert"Daughter of Writer Weds Today"
''The Los Angeles Times''. September 12, 1932. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-08-29. (January 27, 1914 – December 15, 1993) was an American screenwriter and TV writer known for her work on B movies of the 1940s and 1950s at

Republic Pictures Republic Pictures is currently an acquisition-only label owned by Paramount Pictures. Its history dates back to Republic Pictures Corporation, an American film studio that originally operated from 1935 to 1967, based in Los Angeles, California ...

Early life and career

Doris was the youngest of three daughters born to famed Russia-born composer L. Wolfe Gilbert and his wife, Catherine Oestreicher. The family moved from New York to Los Angeles when Doris was a girl, and she got into screenwriting at a young age thanks to her father's involvement writing songs for movies at Fox. When she was still a teenager, she married lawyer Allen Feit, who she had met in NYC a year earlier. She continued to write under her maiden name. During the 1940s, she began working at Republic, where she wrote films like '' Storm Over Lisbon'' and '' Lake Placid Serenade''. During the 1950s and 1960s, she wrote scripts for over a dozen television shows, including ''

Science Fiction Theatre ''Science Fiction Theatre'' is an American science fiction anthology television series that was produced by Ivan Tors and Maurice Ziv and originally aired in syndication. It premiered on April 9, 1955, and ended on February 9, 1957, with a to ...

'' and '' Adventures of Superman''. In 1941–42, Doris Gilbert collaborated with

Sally Benson Sally Benson (''née'' Sara Smith; September 3, 1897 – July 19, 1972) was an American writer of short stories, screenplays, and theatre. She is best known for her humorous tales of modern youth collected in '' Junior Miss'' and her semi-autobio ...

on a radio version of the latter's Junior Miss short stories. The series starred

Shirley Temple Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she was na ...

. Gilbert also collaborated with Benson on a script for ''

Meet Me in St. Louis ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' is a 1944 American Christmas musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Divided into a series of seasonal vignettes, starting with Summer 1903, it relates the story of a year in the life of the Smith family in St. Louis ...

''.

Personal life

Gilbert was married at least three times. On September 11, 1932, she married attorney Allen Feit. On May 15, 1943, Gilbert and fellow writer Robert Abrahams were wed; they divorced in March 1944. On April 8, 1946, Gilbert married press agent Hank Levy."Press Agent Weds Writer for Films"
''Los Angeles Daily News''. April 9, 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-08-29.

Selected Works

For radio: * ''

Junior Miss ''Junior Miss'' is a collection of semi-autobiographical stories by Sally Benson first published in ''The New Yorker''. Between 1939 and the end of 1941, the prolific Benson published 99 stories in ''The New Yorker'', some under her pseudonym o ...

'' (1942) For film: * ''

(1942 - uncredited) * '' Geraldine'' (1953) * '' Little Egypt'' (1951) * '' Lake Placid Serenade'' (1944) * '' Storm Over Lisbon'' (1944) * ''

Atlantic City Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a Jersey Shore seaside resort city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Atlantic City comprises the second half of the Atlantic City- Hammonton metropolitan sta ...

'' (1944) * ''

Ladies Courageous ''Ladies Courageous'' (also called ''Fury in the Sky'' in a 1950 Realart re-release) is a 1944 war film based on the novel ''Looking For Trouble'' (1941) by Virginia Spencer Cowles. Directed by John Rawlins, the film stars Loretta Young and Ger ...

'' (1944) For TV: * ''

Bourbon Street Beat ''Bourbon Street Beat'' is a private detective television series that aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960, starring Richard Long as Rex Randolph and Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, with Arlene Howell as detective agen ...

'' (1 episode, 1960) * ''

Hotel de Paree ''Hotel de Paree'' is a Western television series starring Earl Holliman that aired thirty-three episodes on the CBS Friday evening from October 2, 1959, until September 23, 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of the Liggett & Myers company ( ...

'' (1 episode, 1959) * ''

General Electric Theater ''General Electric Theater'' is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations. Radio After an audition show ...

'' (1 episode, 1959) * ''Whirlybirds'' (1 episode, 1958) * ''

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan ''The New Adventures of Charlie Chan'' is a crime drama series that aired in the United States in syndicated television from June 1957 to 1958. The first five episodes were made by Vision Productions in the United States, before production swit ...

'' (1 episode, 1957) * ''

Matinee Theatre ''Matinee Theater'' is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from October 31, 1955, to June 27, 1958. Its name is often seen as ''Matinee Theatre''. The series, which ran daily from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. ...

'' (2 episodes, 1956–57) * ''

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday ''The Adventures of Hiram Holliday'' is an American adventure sitcom that aired on NBC from October 3, 1956 to February 27, 1957. Starring Wally Cox in the title role, the series is based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Paul Gallico. Plot ...

'' (1 episode, 1956) * '' The Millionaire'' (3 episodes, 1956) * ''

'' (6 episodes, 1955–56) * ''

TV Reader's Digest ''TV Reader's Digest '' is a 30-minute American television anthology drama series, which aired on ABC from January 17, 1955, to July 9, 1956. Its theme music was "Polonaise" from Act III of ''Eugene Onegin''. Format Based on articles that ap ...

'' (1 episode, 1956) * ''

The Ford Television Theatre ''Ford Theatre'', spelled ''Ford Theater'' for the original radio version and known, in full, as ''The Ford Television Theatre'' for the TV version, is a radio and television anthology series broadcast in the United States in the 1940s and 195 ...

'' (1 episode, 1955) * '' Mr. & Mrs. North'' (2 episodes, 1954) * ''

Rheingold Theatre ''Douglas Fairbanks Presents'' is a 1953–1956 syndicated half-hour dramatic anthology series. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was the host, and he sometimes starred in episodes. It was also known as ''Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents''. A total of 157 epi ...

'' (1 episode, 1954) * ''

The Loretta Young Show ''The Loretta Young Show'' (originally known as ''Letter to Loretta'') is an American anthology drama television series broadcast on Sunday nights from September 2, 1953, to June 4, 1961, on NBC for a total of 165 episodes. The series was hoste ...

'' (1 episode, 1954) * '' The Unexpected'' (3 episodes, 1952) * '' Adventures of Superman'' (1 episode, 1952)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Doris 1914 births 1993 deaths Screenwriters from New York (state) American women screenwriters American television writers 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American screenwriters