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Otto A. Harbach

Career

Active from 1917 to 1954, with a break from 1932 to 1943, busiest in 1930 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score51/100
Highest rated
Poster for Up in Mabel's Room
Up in Mabel's Room
GoodWatch score59/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Otto A. Harbach Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.9, average 5.5
  • Violence
    1.8, average 4.1
  • Social Commentary
    2.7, average 4.9

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

    27
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1960s

    1 title
    Roberta
    Roberta (1969)

    Theatre Play, Lyricist

    1950s

    5 titles · average score 54
    The Desert Song
    The Desert Song (1955)

    Musical

    Rose Marie
    Rose Marie (1954)
    GoodWatch score 43

    Writer, Lyricist

    Deep in My Heart
    Deep in My Heart (1954)
    GoodWatch score 60

    Lyricist

    The Desert Song
    The Desert Song (1953)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Theatre Play

    Lovely to Look At
    Lovely to Look At (1952)
    GoodWatch score 49

    Lyricist

    1940s

    4 titles · average score 53
    Up in Mabel's Room
    Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Writer

    The Desert Song
    The Desert Song (1944)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Theatre Play

    Sunny
    Sunny (1941)
    GoodWatch score 37

    Theatre Play

    No, No, Nanette
    No, No, Nanette (1940)
    GoodWatch score 57

    Musical

    1930s

    9 titles · average score 64
    The Firefly
    The Firefly (1937)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Theatre Play, Lyricist

    Rose Marie
    Rose Marie (1936)
    GoodWatch score 83

    Lyricist, Theatre Play

    Roberta
    Roberta (1935)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Lyricist, Book

    The Cat and the Fiddle
    The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
    GoodWatch score 50

    Lyricist, Theatre Play

    Men of the Sky
    Men of the Sky (1931)

    as French Major

    No, No, Nanette
    No, No, Nanette (1930)

    Writer

    The Song of the Flame
    The Song of the Flame (1930)

    Lyricist, Novel

    Sunny
    Sunny (1930)
    GoodWatch score 57

    Musical, Lyricist

    Golden Dawn
    Golden Dawn (1930)

    Lyricist, Musical

    1920s

    5 titles · average score 62
    The Desert Song
    The Desert Song (1929)

    Lyricist, Story

    Rose-Marie
    Rose-Marie (1928)
    GoodWatch score 56

    Theatre Play

    Kid Boots
    Kid Boots (1926)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Theatre Play

    Up in Mabel's Room
    Up in Mabel's Room (1926)

    Theatre Play

    Going Up
    Going Up (1923)

    Story

    1910s

    3 titles
    The Girl of My Dreams
    The Girl of My Dreams (1918)

    Writer

    The Silent Witness
    The Silent Witness (1917)

    Writer

    Madame Sherry
    Madame Sherry (1917)

    Theatre Play