Portrait of Karl Tunberg

Writing

Karl Tunberg

Career

Active from 1937 to 1977, busiest in 1938 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Karl Tunberg Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5
  • Dark Humor
    1.2, average 2.8
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Episodic Mystery 3
  • Intrigue 2
  • Musical 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Romance 2
  • Musical Comedy 2
  • Family Entertainment 2
  • Classic Detective Procedural 2
  • Private Eye Trope 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 34
Rattlers
Rattlers (1976)
GoodWatch score 34

Associate Producer, Production Manager

How Do I Love Thee?
How Do I Love Thee? (1970)

Writer

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 56
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
GoodWatch score 47

Screenplay

Harlow
Harlow (1965)
GoodWatch score 44

Writer

The 7th Dawn
The 7th Dawn (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay, Co-Producer

Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

I Thank a Fool
I Thank a Fool (1962)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

1950s

12 titles ยท average score 60
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (1959)
GoodWatch score 86

Screenplay

Libel
Libel (1959)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Count Your Blessings
Count Your Blessings (1959)
GoodWatch score 49

Producer, Screenplay

The Seventh Sin
The Seventh Sin (1957)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

The Scarlet Coat
The Scarlet Coat (1955)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Kings (1954)
GoodWatch score 22

Writer

Beau Brummell
Beau Brummell (1954)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Scandal at Scourie
Scandal at Scourie (1953)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

Because You're Mine
Because You're Mine (1952)
GoodWatch score 50

Screenplay

Night Into Morning
Night Into Morning (1951)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

The Law and the Lady
The Law and the Lady (1951)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

Love That Brute
Love That Brute (1950)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

1940s

17 titles ยท average score 61
You Gotta Stay Happy
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay, Producer

Kitty
Kitty (1945)
GoodWatch score 63

Associate Producer, Writer

Bring on the Girls
Bring on the Girls (1945)

Screenplay

Dixie
Dixie (1943)

Writer

My Gal Sal
My Gal Sal (1942)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay

Orchestra Wives
Orchestra Wives (1942)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Lucky Jordan
Lucky Jordan (1942)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

A Yank in the R.A.F.
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
GoodWatch score 50

Screenplay

Week-End in Havana
Week-End in Havana (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

Tall, Dark and Handsome
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Down Argentine Way
Down Argentine Way (1940)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

I Was an Adventuress
I Was an Adventuress (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

1930s

7 titles ยท average score 61
Shipyard Sally
Shipyard Sally (1939)

Writer

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Sally, Irene and Mary
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)

Story

Hold That Co-ed
Hold That Co-ed (1938)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay, Story

My Lucky Star
My Lucky Star (1938)
GoodWatch score 49

Story

You Can't Have Everything
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Life Begins in College
Life Begins in College (1937)

Writer