# Dorothy Mackaill

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorothy-mackaill/609066>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 10, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorothy-mackaill/609066 "2012-01-10T18:55:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorothy-mackaill/609066/1 "2012-01-10T18:55:20Z")

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> **[A Short Career in Lurid Hollywood (Published 2012)](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/movies/homevideo/dorothy-mackaills-safe-in-hell-and-others-on-dvd.html?src=dayp)**
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> Dorothy Mackaill, a star in silent films and early talkies, is the subject of a DVD double bill from Warner Brothers, featuring two pre-code movies: “Office Wife” (1930) and “Party Husband” (1931).

I thought this might be of interest to our vintage film fans.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorothy-mackaill/609066/2 "2012-01-11T14:50:46Z")

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\*Poor \*Dorothy Mackaill, no replies.

I am actually not crazy about her in talkies–her voice was kind of flat and affectless. I love _Safe in Hell_–what a dark film! But some tough broad like Mayo Methot or Nat Moorhead or Tallulah Bankhead or Barbara Stanwyck might have been a better choice.