Portrait of Cyril Gardner

Directing

Cyril Gardner

Career

Active from 1913 to 1936, with a break from 1915 to 1926, busiest in 1930 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score51/100
Highest rated
Poster for Two Arabian Knights
Two Arabian Knights
GoodWatch score61/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cyril Gardner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Mystery
    1.9, average 3.9
  • Crime
    1.7, average 3.6
  • Psychological
    3.8, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Witty Dialogue 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Nostalgic Tone 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

10 titles ยท average score 46
Chick
Chick (1936)

Writer

Widow's Might
Widow's Might (1935)

Director

Perfect Understanding
Perfect Understanding (1933)
GoodWatch score 40

Director

The Doomed Battalion
The Doomed Battalion (1932)

Director

Reckless Living
Reckless Living (1931)

Director, Writer

The Royal Family of Broadway
The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

Grumpy
Grumpy (1930)

Director

Only Saps Work
Only Saps Work (1930)

Director

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon (1930)

Director

El Cuerpo del Delito
El Cuerpo del Delito (1930)

Director

1920s

3 titles ยท average score 61
Two Arabian Knights
Two Arabian Knights (1927)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

Mademoiselle Modiste
Mademoiselle Modiste (1926)

Editor

The Marriage Whirl
The Marriage Whirl (1925)

Editor

1910s

3 titles ยท average score 64
Back to God's Country
Back to God's Country (1919)
GoodWatch score 64

Editor

The Social Ghost
The Social Ghost (1914)

as Tom Banners - the Son

The Drummer of the 8th
The Drummer of the 8th (1913)

as Billy Durand - the Drummer