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Writing

Viña Delmar

Career

Active from 1929 to 1970, with a break from 1955 to 1969, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow
GoodWatch score91/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    1938 · Nominated · 10th Academy Awards

    The Awful Truth

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

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

Energy: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Viña Delmar Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.1, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.3, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.6, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    0.6, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Pre-Code Melodrama 2
  • Romantic Entanglements 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Love Triangle 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

2 titles
The Rest Is Silence
The Rest Is Silence (1978)

Original Story

Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow (1970)

Director

1950s

1 title · average score 75
About Mrs. Leslie
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
GoodWatch score 75

Novel

1940s

4 titles · average score 58
Cynthia
Cynthia (1947)
GoodWatch score 55

Theatre Play

Hello, Frisco, Hello
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
GoodWatch score 61

Story

The Great Man's Lady
The Great Man's Lady (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

Story

Manhattan Heartbeat
Manhattan Heartbeat (1940)

Story

1930s

12 titles · average score 65
Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
GoodWatch score 91

Screenplay

The Awful Truth
The Awful Truth (1937)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

Hands Across the Table
Hands Across the Table (1935)
GoodWatch score 75

Story

Bad Boy
Bad Boy (1935)

Original Story

Sadie McKee
Sadie McKee (1934)
GoodWatch score 69

Story

Pick-up
Pick-up (1933)
GoodWatch score 59

Story

The Woman Accused
The Woman Accused (1933)
GoodWatch score 60

Story

Chance at Heaven
Chance at Heaven (1933)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Story

Uptown New York
Uptown New York (1932)

Story

Bad Girl
Bad Girl (1931)
GoodWatch score 57

Novel

A Soldier's Plaything
A Soldier's Plaything (1930)
GoodWatch score 49

Story

Playing Around
Playing Around (1930)
GoodWatch score 54

Adaptation, Writer

1920s

1 title
Dance Hall
Dance Hall (1929)

Story