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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
- Showbiz 2
- Fast-Paced 2
- Comedy 2
- Black & White Cinema 2
- 1940s Setting 2
- Classic Hollywood 2
- Pre-Code Era 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tony GaudioCinematographerThe Case of the Lucky Legs, Lady Killer, Upperworld, The Silk Express, The White Cockatoo
Allen JenkinsActorThe Case of the Howling Dog, The Case of the Lucky Legs, The Silk Express, Rackety Rax
Warren WilliamActorThe Case of the Howling Dog, The Case of the Lucky Legs, Upperworld, Goodbye Again
Max SteinerComposerIs My Face Red?, The Half-Naked Truth, What Price Hollywood?, Lucky Devils
Henry O'NeillActorLady Killer, Upperworld, Big Hearted Herbert- CClarence KolsterEditorBrides Are Like That, Thieves Fall Out, The White Cockatoo
- LLillie HaywardWriterLady Killer, The White Cockatoo, Big Hearted Herbert
Rochelle HudsonActorWoman-Wise, Pride of the Navy
Eddie AlbertActorThe Great Mr. Nobody, Thieves Fall Out
Joan LeslieActorThe Great Mr. Nobody, Thieves Fall Out
Mary AstorActorThe Case of the Howling Dog, Upperworld
Dickie MooreActorThe Great Mr. Nobody, Upperworld
Movies and TV shows
38Great
Score 80 to 89
1 title
Great
Score 80 to 89
89
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Dialogue
Good
Score 70 to 79
2 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
75
What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Screenplay
70
Lady Killer (1933)
Screenplay
Decent
Score 60 to 69
13 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
68
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Writer, Story
67
Picture Snatcher (1933)
Dialogue
66
Danger – Love at Work (1937)
Screenplay
65
Mr. District Attorney (1947)
Adaptation
64
The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
Screenplay
63
Lucky Devils (1933)
Screenplay
63
Prison Ship (1945)
Screenplay
62
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
Screenplay
62
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
Screenplay
62
The White Cockatoo (1935)
Screenplay
60
Thieves Fall Out (1941)
Screenplay
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
13 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
59
Girl Missing (1933)
Dialogue
59
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
Screenplay
59
Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
Screenplay
56
Goodbye Again (1933)
Screenplay
56
The Silk Express (1933)
Screenplay
55
Is My Face Red? (1932)
Screenplay, Theatre Play
52
Babbitt (1934)
Additional Dialogue
51
Upperworld (1934)
Screenplay
49
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
Screenplay
42
Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
Treatment
Not rated yet
9 titles
Not rated yet
Brides Are Like That (1936)
Screenplay
Woman-Wise (1937)
Screenplay
Pride of the Navy (1939)
Screenplay
Sing and Be Happy (1937)
Writer
Nobody's Fool (1936)
Writer
I Was a Convict (1939)
Screenplay
Rackety Rax (1932)
Screenplay
The River Pirate (1928)
Writer