Portrait of Irving Cummings

Directing

Irving Cummings

Career

Active from 1913 to 1951, busiest in 1920 and 1922 with 8 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Poor Little Rich Girl
Poor Little Rich Girl
GoodWatch score72/100

Awards

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

  • Academy Awards ยท Directing

    1930 ยท Nominated ยท 2nd Academy Awards

    In Old Arizona

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Irving Cummings Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.9, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.5, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 6
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Romance 4
  • Historical Romance 3
  • Nostalgic Charm 3
  • Musical 3
  • Classic Western 3
  • Silent Era Drama 2
  • Silent Era Melodrama 2
  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Simple Morality 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

118
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title ยท average score 55
Double Dynamite
Double Dynamite (1951)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

1940s

11 titles ยท average score 59
The Dolly Sisters
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

The Impatient Years
The Impatient Years (1944)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Producer

Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

What a Woman
What a Woman (1943)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Producer

Springtime in the Rockies
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

My Gal Sal
My Gal Sal (1942)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Belle Starr
Belle Starr (1941)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

That Night in Rio
That Night in Rio (1941)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase (1941)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Down Argentine Way
Down Argentine Way (1940)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Lillian Russell
Lillian Russell (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

1930s

27 titles ยท average score 61
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

Everything Happens at Night
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Just Around the Corner
Just Around the Corner (1938)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Little Miss Broadway
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Girls' Dormitory
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
GoodWatch score 49

Director

Poor Little Rich Girl
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Curly Top
Curly Top (1935)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

The Mad Game
The Mad Game (1933)

Director

The Night Club Lady
The Night Club Lady (1932)

Director

Attorney for the Defense
Attorney for the Defense (1932)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

1920s

47 titles ยท average score 58
Behind That Curtain
Behind That Curtain (1929)
GoodWatch score 44

Director

In Old Arizona
In Old Arizona (1928)
GoodWatch score 51

Director

Romance of the Underworld
Romance of the Underworld (1928)

Director

The Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

The Rose of Paris
The Rose of Paris (1924)

Director

Broken Hearts of Broadway
Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923)

Director

East Side - West Side
East Side - West Side (1923)

Director

Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood (1922)
GoodWatch score 62

Producer, Director

The Man from Hell's River
The Man from Hell's River (1922)

as Pierre de Barre

The Blasphemer
The Blasphemer (1921)

as Chinese Opium Den Operator

Sex
Sex (1920)
GoodWatch score 67

as Dave Wallace

The Round-Up
The Round-Up (1920)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dick Lane

1910s

32 titles ยท average score 64
Auction of Souls
Auction of Souls (1919)
GoodWatch score 71

as Andranik

Some Bride
Some Bride (1919)

as Henry Morley

Her Code of Honor
Her Code of Honor (1919)

as Jacques

What Every Woman Learns
What Every Woman Learns (1919)

as Dick Gaylord

Mandarin's Gold
Mandarin's Gold (1919)

as Blair Cardon

The Whip
The Whip (1917)

as Herbert Brancaster

The Diamond from the Sky
The Diamond from the Sky (1915)

as Arthur Stanley, II alias John Powell

His Brother's Debt
His Brother's Debt (1915)

Story

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914)
GoodWatch score 57

as George Harris

The Last Volunteer
The Last Volunteer (1914)

as Prince Ludwig

In the Mesh of Her Hair
In the Mesh of Her Hair (1914)

as Harry Forbes

Marked Cards
Marked Cards (1913)

as Harry Wade