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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
41930s
4 titles · average score 58
42
Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
Treatment
57
Bright Lights (1935)
Adaptation
68
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Writer, Story
63
Lucky Devils (1933)
Screenplay