Portrait of Lloyd Bacon

Directing

Lloyd Bacon

Career

Active from 1915 to 1954, busiest in 1915 with 14 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Fighting Sullivans
The Fighting Sullivans
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lloyd Bacon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.5, average 5.5
  • Uncanny
    0.8, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 10
  • Nostalgic 8
  • Lighthearted 8
  • Historical Drama 7
  • Early Cinema 5
  • Nostalgic Charm 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Melodrama 4
  • Situational Humor 4
  • Screwball Comedy 4
  • Family-Friendly 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

152
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

11 titles · average score 61
She Couldn't Say No
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

The French Line
The French Line (1954)
GoodWatch score 43

Director

Walking My Baby Back Home
Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

The Great Sioux Uprising
The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

The I Don't Care Girl
The I Don't Care Girl (1953)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Golden Girl
Golden Girl (1951)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

The Frogmen
The Frogmen (1951)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Call Me Mister
Call Me Mister (1951)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

The Fuller Brush Girl
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

The Good Humor Man
The Good Humor Man (1950)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Kill the Umpire
Kill the Umpire (1950)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

1940s

25 titles · average score 66
It Happens Every Spring
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Mother Is a Freshman
Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

An Innocent Affair
An Innocent Affair (1948)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

The Fighting Sullivans
The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
GoodWatch score 87

Director

Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Larceny, Inc.
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

Affectionately Yours
Affectionately Yours (1941)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Footsteps in the Dark
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Knute Rockne All American
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

Brother Orchid
Brother Orchid (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

1930s

48 titles · average score 59
The Oklahoma Kid
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Invisible Stripes
Invisible Stripes (1939)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

A Slight Case of Murder
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Marked Woman
Marked Woman (1937)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

In Caliente
In Caliente (1935)
GoodWatch score 51

Director

Wonder Bar
Wonder Bar (1934)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade (1933)
GoodWatch score 81

Director

42nd Street
42nd Street (1933)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Picture Snatcher
Picture Snatcher (1933)
GoodWatch score 67

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Kept Husbands
Kept Husbands (1931)
GoodWatch score 48

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Moby Dick
Moby Dick (1930)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

The Office Wife
The Office Wife (1930)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

1920s

39 titles · average score 56
Say It with Songs
Say It with Songs (1929)

Director

So Long Letty
So Long Letty (1929)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Stark Mad
Stark Mad (1929)

Director

The Singing Fool
The Singing Fool (1928)
GoodWatch score 51

Director

Pay as You Enter
Pay as You Enter (1928)

Director

Finger Prints
Finger Prints (1927)

Director

A Sailor's Sweetheart
A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927)

Director

The Heart of Maryland
The Heart of Maryland (1927)

Director

Circus Today
Circus Today (1926)

Director

The Wild Goose Chaser
The Wild Goose Chaser (1925)

Director

A Rainy Knight
A Rainy Knight (1925)

Director

Good Morning, Nurse
Good Morning, Nurse (1925)

Director

1910s

29 titles · average score 62
Wagon Tracks
Wagon Tracks (1919)
GoodWatch score 64

as Guy Merton

Square Deal Sanderson
Square Deal Sanderson (1919)

as Barney Owen aka Bill Bransford

Easy Street
Easy Street (1917)
GoodWatch score 75

as Junkie (uncredited)

The Fireman
The Fireman (1916)
GoodWatch score 63

as Her Father

The Vagabond
The Vagabond (1916)
GoodWatch score 69

as Artist (uncredited)

The Floorwalker
The Floorwalker (1916)
GoodWatch score 64

as Assistant Manager

Her Lesson
Her Lesson (1916)

as The Butler

The Tramp
The Tramp (1915)
GoodWatch score 67

as Edna's Fiancé / Second Thief

The Champion
The Champion (1915)
GoodWatch score 66

as Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

His Regeneration
His Regeneration (1915)
GoodWatch score 48

as The Saloon Girl's Companion

A Jitney Elopement
A Jitney Elopement (1915)
GoodWatch score 58

as Young Butler / Cop

Snakeville’s Champion
Snakeville’s Champion (1915)

as Hotch