Portrait of Maurice Elvey

Directing

Maurice Elvey

Career

Active from 1913 to 2025, with a break from 1958 to 2024, busiest in 1921 with 22 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hindle Wakes
Hindle Wakes
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Maurice Elvey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Coming of Age
    0.9, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.4, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 4
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Silent Era Drama 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Early Cinema 2
  • Melodramatic Romance 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Psychological 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

157
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Vice Versa
Vice Versa

Director

2020s

1 title
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases (2025)

Director

1950s

16 titles · average score 62
Second Fiddle
Second Fiddle (1957)

Director

Dry Rot
Dry Rot (1956)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Fun at St. Fanny's
Fun at St. Fanny's (1955)

Director

You Lucky People!
You Lucky People! (1955)

Director

The Happiness of Three Women
The Happiness of Three Women (1954)

Director, Theatre Play

What Every Woman Wants
What Every Woman Wants (1954)

Director

House of Blackmail
House of Blackmail (1953)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

The Great Game
The Great Game (1953)

Director

My Wife's Lodger
My Wife's Lodger (1952)

Director

The Late Edwina Black
The Late Edwina Black (1951)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

The Third Visitor
The Third Visitor (1951)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

1940s

10 titles · average score 60
Beware of Pity
Beware of Pity (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

Producer, Director

Medal for the General
Medal for the General (1944)

Director, Associate Producer

Strawberry Roan
Strawberry Roan (1944)

Director

The Lamp Still Burns
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

The Gentle Sex
The Gentle Sex (1943)
GoodWatch score 57

Co-Director

Salute John Citizen
Salute John Citizen (1942)

Director

Under Your Hat
Under Your Hat (1940)

Director

For Freedom
For Freedom (1940)

Director

The Spider
The Spider (1940)

Director

Room for Two
Room for Two (1940)

Director

1930s

33 titles · average score 60
Sons of the Sea
Sons of the Sea (1939)

Director, Screenplay

The Return of the Frog
The Return of the Frog (1938)

Director

The Man in the Mirror
The Man in the Mirror (1936)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant (1935)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

The Tunnel
The Tunnel (1935)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

My Song for You
My Song for You (1934)

Director

Love, Life and Laughter
Love, Life and Laughter (1934)

Director

I Lived with You
I Lived with You (1933)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

The Wandering Jew
The Wandering Jew (1933)

Director

The Lodger
The Lodger (1932)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Sally in Our Alley
Sally in Our Alley (1931)

Director

Potiphar's Wife
Potiphar's Wife (1931)

Director, Adaptation

1920s

68 titles · average score 66
High Treason
High Treason (1929)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

The Flight Commander
The Flight Commander (1928)

Director

The Sign of Four
The Sign of Four (1923)

Writer, Director

Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes (1923)

Director

The Dying Detective
The Dying Detective (1921)

Director

A Scandal in Bohemia
A Scandal in Bohemia (1921)

Director

The Devil's Foot
The Devil's Foot (1921)

Director

Innocent
Innocent (1921)

Director

The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)

Director

A Gentleman of France
A Gentleman of France (1921)

Director

Bleak House
Bleak House (1920)

Director

At the Villa Rose
At the Villa Rose (1920)

Director

1910s

28 titles
The Swindler
The Swindler (1919)

Director

Comradeship
Comradeship (1919)

Director

God's Good Man
God's Good Man (1919)

Director

The Rocks of Valpre
The Rocks of Valpre (1919)

Director

The Life Story of David Lloyd George
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918)

Director

Nelson
Nelson (1918)

Director

Adam Bede
Adam Bede (1918)

Director

Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son (1917)

Director, Producer

Masks and Faces
Masks and Faces (1917)

Producer

Her Greatest Performance
Her Greatest Performance (1916)

Producer

Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (1915)

Director

Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn (1913)

as Captain Matthews