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Portrait of Dorothy Arzner

Directing

Dorothy Arzner

Career

Active from 1924 to 1944, busiest in 1930 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dorothy Arzner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    34
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1940s

    4 titles · average score 73
    To the Ladies
    To the Ladies (1944)

    Director

    First Comes Courage
    First Comes Courage (1943)
    GoodWatch score 72

    Director

    Hail and Farewell!
    Hail and Farewell! (1943)

    Director

    Dance, Girl, Dance
    Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
    GoodWatch score 74

    Director

    1930s

    11 titles · average score 64
    The Bride Wore Red
    The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    GoodWatch score 65

    Director

    Craig's Wife
    Craig's Wife (1936)
    GoodWatch score 83

    Director

    Nana
    Nana (1934)
    GoodWatch score 65

    Director

    Christopher Strong
    Christopher Strong (1933)
    GoodWatch score 68

    Director

    Merrily We Go to Hell
    Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
    GoodWatch score 83

    Director

    Working Girls
    Working Girls (1931)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Director

    Honor Among Lovers
    Honor Among Lovers (1931)
    GoodWatch score 61

    Director

    Anybody's Woman
    Anybody's Woman (1930)
    GoodWatch score 65

    Director

    Sarah and Son
    Sarah and Son (1930)
    GoodWatch score 43

    Director

    Paramount on Parade
    Paramount on Parade (1930)
    GoodWatch score 45

    Director

    Behind the Make-Up
    Behind the Make-Up (1930)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Director

    1920s

    18 titles · average score 71
    Charming Sinners
    Charming Sinners (1929)

    Director

    The Wild Party
    The Wild Party (1929)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Director

    Manhattan Cocktail
    Manhattan Cocktail (1928)

    Director

    Get Your Man
    Get Your Man (1927)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Director

    Fashions for Women
    Fashions for Women (1927)

    Director

    Ten Modern Commandments
    Ten Modern Commandments (1927)

    Director

    Old Ironsides
    Old Ironsides (1926)
    GoodWatch score 83

    Scenario Writer, Editor

    When Husbands Flirt
    When Husbands Flirt (1925)

    Screenplay, Story

    Inez from Hollywood
    Inez from Hollywood (1924)

    Writer, Editor

    Merton of the Movies
    Merton of the Movies (1924)

    Editor

    The Covered Wagon
    The Covered Wagon (1923)
    GoodWatch score 79

    Editor

    Blood and Sand
    Blood and Sand (1922)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Assistant Director, Editor

    1910s

    1 title
    Too Much Johnson
    Too Much Johnson (1919)

    Editor