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Portrait of Gene Markey

Writing

Gene Markey

Career

Active from 1923 to 1956, with a break from 1938 to 1948, busiest in 1936 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Baby Face
Baby Face
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gene Markey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Class Conflict 4
  • Romance 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • 1930s Melodrama 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

3 titles · average score 56
Glory
Glory (1956)
GoodWatch score 56

Story

Meet Me at the Fair
Meet Me at the Fair (1953)

Novel

The Wonder Kid
The Wonder Kid (1951)

Screenplay

1940s

3 titles · average score 60
That Dangerous Age
That Dangerous Age (1949)

Screenplay

Moss Rose
Moss Rose (1947)
GoodWatch score 66

Producer

Lillian Russell
Lillian Russell (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

Associate Producer

1930s

32 titles · average score 64
Girls' Dormitory
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
GoodWatch score 49

Screenplay

King of Burlesque
King of Burlesque (1936)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

Private Number
Private Number (1936)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady (1934)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

The Merry Frinks
The Merry Frinks (1934)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay, Story

A Modern Hero
A Modern Hero (1934)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Baby Face
Baby Face (1933)
GoodWatch score 88

Screenplay

Luxury Liner
Luxury Liner (1933)

Screenplay

Midnight Mary
Midnight Mary (1933)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Female
Female (1933)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me (1932)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Adaptation

The Florodora Girl
The Florodora Girl (1930)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Dialogue

1920s

5 titles
The Battle of Paris
The Battle of Paris (1929)

Writer

Mother's Boy
Mother's Boy (1929)

Story, Screenplay

Syncopation
Syncopation (1929)

Author

Lucky In Love
Lucky In Love (1929)

Writer

Blinky
Blinky (1923)

Story