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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 3.7
- 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 5.3
- Coming of Age0.8, average 3.0
- Uncanny0.8, average 2.5
- Psychological4.1, average 5.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Pre-Code Era 2
- Classic Hollywood 2
- 1940s Setting 2
- Comedy 2
- Showbiz 2
- Fast-Paced 2
- Black & White Cinema 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tony GaudioCinematographerThe Case of the Lucky Legs, Lady Killer, Upperworld, The White Cockatoo, The Silk Express
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 SteinerComposerThe Half-Naked Truth, Is My Face Red?, What Price Hollywood?, Lucky Devils
Henry O'NeillActorLady Killer, Upperworld, Big Hearted Herbert- CClarence KolsterEditorThieves Fall Out, Brides Are Like That, The White Cockatoo
- LLillie HaywardWriterLady Killer, The White Cockatoo, Big Hearted Herbert
Chester MorrisActorA Close Call for Boston Blackie, Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
George E. StoneActorA Close Call for Boston Blackie, Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Dickie MooreActorThe Great Mr. Nobody, Upperworld
Victor McLaglenActorThe River Pirate, Rackety Rax
Neil HamiltonActorWhat Price Hollywood?, The Silk Express
Movies and TV shows
81940s
1 title ยท average score 49
49
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
Screenplay
1930s
7 titles ยท average score 65

Pride of the Navy (1939)
Screenplay
42
Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
Treatment
57
Bright Lights (1935)
Adaptation
68
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Writer, Story
70
Lady Killer (1933)
Screenplay
63
Lucky Devils (1933)
Screenplay
89
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Dialogue