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Brown Holmes

Career

Active from 1931 to 1953, busiest in 1932 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Brown Holmes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Pre-Code Crime Drama 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Witty Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Lighthearted 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

2 titles
The Studebaker Story
The Studebaker Story (1953)

Screenplay

My True Story
My True Story (1951)

Screenplay

1940s

4 titles ยท average score 62
Shed No Tears
Shed No Tears (1948)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

Three Little Girls in Blue
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
GoodWatch score 59

Adaptation

Moon Over Miami
Moon Over Miami (1941)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

Castle on the Hudson
Castle on the Hudson (1940)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

1930s

26 titles ยท average score 60
Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
GoodWatch score 58

Story

Satan Met a Lady
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
GoodWatch score 46

Screenplay

Snowed Under
Snowed Under (1936)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

The Case of the Lucky Legs
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

We're in the Money
We're in the Money (1935)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Heat Lightning
Heat Lightning (1934)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

Ladies They Talk About
Ladies They Talk About (1933)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

The Stranger's Return
The Stranger's Return (1933)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
GoodWatch score 77

Screenplay

20,000 Years in Sing Sing
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
GoodWatch score 52

Adaptation, Screenplay

The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay