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Writing

Charles MacArthur

Titles
33movies3TV shows
Career

Active from 1930 to 1988, with a break from 1950 to 1987, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Directed
4
titles as director
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Charles MacArthur Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.4, average 1.6
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Sharp Dialogue 3
  • Pre-Code Drama 2
  • Quirky Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
RoleAnyWriting30Acting5Directing4Production3Other crew2Sound1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1930s221940s71950s31960s21970s11980s1
GenreAnyDrama20Comedy15Romance13Crime9Western4Action & Adventure2Adventure2Mystery1Music1War1Action1History1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

1980s

1 title · average score 55

1970s

1 title · average score 65

1960s

2 titles · average score 69

1950s

3 titles · average score 62
GoodWatch76
Gunsmoke

TV show · as Taylor

1940s

7 titles · average score 68

1930s

22 titles · average score 65
GoodWatch78
Crime Without Passion

as Second Interviewer (uncredited)

GoodWatch62
The Unholy Garden

Dialogue, Screenplay

GoodWatch48
Paid

Adaptation, Writer

All 22 titles from the 1930s