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Writing

Charles MacArthur

Career

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

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 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Charles MacArthur Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.4, average 1.6
  • 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
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title ยท average score 56
Switching Channels
Switching Channels (1988)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer

1970s

1 title ยท average score 65
The Front Page
The Front Page (1974)
GoodWatch score 65

Theatre Play

1960s

2 titles ยท average score 69
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1966)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

Billy Rose's Jumbo
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
GoodWatch score 58

Theatre Play

1950s

3 titles ยท average score 62
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Taylor

Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers (1950)
GoodWatch score 50

Theatre Play

1940s

7 titles ยท average score 68
The Twentieth Century
The Twentieth Century (1949)

Writer

Lulu Belle
Lulu Belle (1948)
GoodWatch score 54

Theatre Play

The Front Page
The Front Page (1948)

Writer

The Senator Was Indiscreet
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

The Front Page
The Front Page (1945)

Writer

I Take This Woman
I Take This Woman (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

Story

His Girl Friday
His Girl Friday (1940)
GoodWatch score 88

Theatre Play

1930s

22 titles ยท average score 65
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1939)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Gunga Din
Gunga Din (1939)
GoodWatch score 79

Story

Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
GoodWatch score 90

Writer

Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast (1935)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer

Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century (1934)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay

Crime Without Passion
Crime Without Passion (1934)
GoodWatch score 78

as Second Interviewer (uncredited)

Rasputin and the Empress
Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay

The Front Page
The Front Page (1931)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

The Girl Said No
The Girl Said No (1930)
GoodWatch score 54

Writer

Paid
Paid (1930)
GoodWatch score 48

Writer, Adaptation

Street of Chance
Street of Chance (1930)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer