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Writing
Ben Markson
- Titles
- 38movies
- Career
Active from 1928 to 1959, with a break from 1947 to 1958, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 0top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
What Price Hollywood?75/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.0average 2.6
- Showbiz4.2average 1.2
- Nostalgia5.9average 3.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
- Situational Comedy3.7average 2.7
- Crime4.6average 3.7
- Wholesome4.2average 3.3
- Romance4.4average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.4, average 5.2
- Coming of Age0.8, average 2.9
- Uncanny0.8, average 2.5
- Psychological4.1, average 5.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- 1940s Setting 2
- Classic Hollywood 2
- Comedy 2
- Showbiz 2
- Pre-Code Era 2
- Black & White Cinema 2
- Fast-Paced 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Warren WilliamActorThe Case of the Howling Dog, The Case of the Lucky Legs, Upperworld, Goodbye Again
Allen JenkinsActorThe Case of the Howling Dog, The Case of the Lucky Legs, Rackety Rax, The Silk Express
Max SteinerComposerIs My Face Red?, The Half-Naked Truth, What Price Hollywood?, Lucky Devils
Tony GaudioCinematographerThe Case of the Lucky Legs, Lady Killer, Upperworld, The Silk Express
Henry O'NeillActorLady Killer, Upperworld, Big Hearted Herbert- LLillie HaywardWriterLady Killer, Big Hearted Herbert, The White Cockatoo
Genevieve TobinActorThe Case of the Lucky Legs, Goodbye Again
Guy KibbeeActorBig Hearted Herbert, The Silk Express
Edward Everett HortonActorDanger β Love at Work, Nobody's Fool
Barton MacLaneActorThe Case of the Lucky Legs, I Was a Convict
Alan DinehartActorWoman-Wise, Rackety Rax
Neil HamiltonActorWhat Price Hollywood?, The Silk Express
Movies and TV shows
281930s
28 titles Β· average score 61

Pride of the Navy (1939)
Screenplay

I Was a Convict (1939)
Screenplay
66
Danger β Love at Work (1937)
Screenplay

Woman-Wise (1937)
Screenplay

Sing and Be Happy (1937)
Writer
42
Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
Treatment

Brides Are Like That (1936)
Screenplay

Nobody's Fool (1936)
Writer
62
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
Screenplay
59
The White Cockatoo (1935)
Screenplay
54
Bright Lights (1935)
Adaptation
60
Going Highbrow (1935)
Dialogue
61
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
Screenplay
67
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Writer, Story
63
Upperworld (1934)
Screenplay
49
Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
Screenplay
52
Babbitt (1934)
Additional Dialogue
70
Lady Killer (1933)
Screenplay
56
Goodbye Again (1933)
Screenplay
62
Lucky Devils (1933)
Screenplay
54
The Silk Express (1933)
Screenplay
89
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Dialogue
67
Picture Snatcher (1933)
Dialogue
59
Girl Missing (1933)
Dialogue
75
What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Screenplay
55
Is My Face Red? (1932)
Screenplay, Theatre Play

Rackety Rax (1932)
Screenplay
