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Writing

Donald Ogden Stewart

Career

Active from 1929 to 1960, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Holiday
Holiday
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Donald Ogden Stewart Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.6, average 4.2
  • Adrenaline
    2.7, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.9, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 4
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Golden Age of Hollywood 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Classic Romantic Comedy 2
  • Witty Banter 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Sophisticated Humor 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Social Satire 2
  • Sharp Dialogue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title Β· average score 42
Love Affair
Love Affair (1994)
GoodWatch score 42

Original Film Writer

1980s

1 title Β· average score 55
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight (1989)
GoodWatch score 55

Additional Dialogue

1970s

1 title Β· average score 70
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

Thanks

1960s

1 title
Moment of Danger
Moment of Danger (1960)

Screenplay

1950s

2 titles Β· average score 62
Escapade
Escapade (1955)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay

The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
GoodWatch score 66

Additional Dialogue

1940s

12 titles Β· average score 63
Edward, My Son
Edward, My Son (1949)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer

Life with Father
Life with Father (1947)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

Cass Timberlane
Cass Timberlane (1947)
GoodWatch score 61

Adaptation, Screenplay

Without Love
Without Love (1945)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

Keeper of the Flame
Keeper of the Flame (1943)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day (1943)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

A Woman's Face
A Woman's Face (1941)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

That Uncertain Feeling
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Smilin' Through
Smilin' Through (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
GoodWatch score 88

Screenplay

Kitty Foyle
Kitty Foyle (1940)
GoodWatch score 57

Additional Dialogue

1930s

20 titles Β· average score 67
The Women
The Women (1939)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

Love Affair
Love Affair (1939)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

Holiday
Holiday (1938)
GoodWatch score 89

Screenplay

Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (1938)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay

No More Ladies
No More Ladies (1935)
GoodWatch score 50

as Drunk (uncredited)

Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Going Hollywood
Going Hollywood (1933)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Another Language
Another Language (1933)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer

The White Sister
The White Sister (1933)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

Tarnished Lady
Tarnished Lady (1931)
GoodWatch score 54

Story, Screenplay

Laughter
Laughter (1930)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

1920s

2 titles Β· average score 58
Traffic Regulations
Traffic Regulations (1929)

Director

Brown of Harvard
Brown of Harvard (1926)
GoodWatch score 58

Adaptation