Portrait of Booth Tarkington

Writing

Booth Tarkington

Career

Active from 1905 to 2002, with a break from 1952 to 2001, busiest in 1920 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 6.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Booth Tarkington Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.5, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.0, average 3.5
  • Adrenaline
    2.7, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Silent Era Drama 2
  • Class Struggle 2
  • Family Saga 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title ยท average score 59
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons (2002)
GoodWatch score 59

Novel

1950s

1 title ยท average score 64
On Moonlight Bay
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
GoodWatch score 64

Story

1940s

6 titles ยท average score 75
Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
GoodWatch score 72

Novel

Presenting Lily Mars
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
GoodWatch score 69

Novel

The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
GoodWatch score 84

Novel

Father's Son
Father's Son (1941)

Story

Little Orvie
Little Orvie (1940)

Novel

Seventeen
Seventeen (1940)

Novel

1930s

12 titles ยท average score 71
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938)

Story

Penrod's Double Trouble
Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)

Story

Penrod and Sam
Penrod and Sam (1937)

Novel

Clarence
Clarence (1937)

Theatre Play

Gentle Julia
Gentle Julia (1936)

Novel

Alice Adams
Alice Adams (1935)
GoodWatch score 78

Novel

Mississippi
Mississippi (1935)
GoodWatch score 68

Story

Business and Pleasure
Business and Pleasure (1932)

Novel

Penrod and Sam
Penrod and Sam (1931)

Story, Novel

Father's Son
Father's Son (1931)

Novel

Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo (1930)
GoodWatch score 66

Novel

Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby (1930)

Theatre Play

1920s

31 titles ยท average score 57
The River of Romance
The River of Romance (1929)

Original Story

Pampered Youth
Pampered Youth (1925)

Novel

Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire (1924)
GoodWatch score 57

Novel

Pied Piper Malone
Pied Piper Malone (1924)

Story

The Turmoil
The Turmoil (1924)

Novel

Penrod and Sam
Penrod and Sam (1923)

Novel

Alice Adams
Alice Adams (1923)

Novel

Gentle Julia
Gentle Julia (1923)

Novel

The Man From Home
The Man From Home (1922)

Writer

Penrod
Penrod (1922)

Novel

The Conquest of Canaan
The Conquest of Canaan (1921)

Novel

Edgar's Jonah Day
Edgar's Jonah Day (1920)

Story

1910s

11 titles
The Country Cousin
The Country Cousin (1919)

Theatre Play

Seventeen
Seventeen (1916)

Novel

The Turmoil
The Turmoil (1916)

Novel

The Conquest of Canaan
The Conquest of Canaan (1916)

Novel

The Flirt
The Flirt (1916)

Story

The Gentleman from Indiana
The Gentleman from Indiana (1915)

Novel

The Man From Home
The Man From Home (1914)

Writer

Cherry
Cherry (1914)

Novel

Springtime
Springtime (1914)

Original Story

Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby (1914)

Original Story

Beau Brummel
Beau Brummel (1913)

Novel

1900s

1 title
Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of France
Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of France (1905)

Novel