

Writing
Edwin Justus Mayer
- Titles
- 33movies
- Career
Active from 1927 to 1945, busiest in 1933 with 3 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 0top three billing
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
To Be or Not to Be86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.0average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.9average 3.6
- Romance6.1average 3.8
- Satire & Parody4.1average 2.3
- Politics4.3average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Wit & Wordplay4.5average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.6, average 5.2
- Coming of Age1.7, average 2.9
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity0.5, average 1.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 4
- Classic Hollywood 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Melodrama 2
- Sharp Dialogue 2
- Star-Crossed Lovers 2
- Moral Conflict 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- VVictor MilnerCinematographerThe Song of Songs, So Red the Rose, The Buccaneer, Till We Meet Again
Fredric MarchActorMerrily We Go to Hell, The Buccaneer, Tonight Is Ours
Lionel AtwillActorTo Be or Not to Be, The Song of Songs, Till We Meet Again
Akim TamiroffActorDesire, Here Is My Heart, The Buccaneer
Alison SkipworthActorThe Song of Songs, Here Is My Heart, Tonight Is Ours
Marlene DietrichActorDesire, The Song of Songs
Reginald OwenActorThey Met in Bombay, Here Is My Heart
Robert CummingsActorSo Red the Rose, Rio
Mikhail RasumnyActorA Royal Scandal, Masquerade in Mexico
William FrawleyActorDesire, Here Is My Heart
Sig RumanActorTo Be or Not to Be, A Royal Scandal
Basil RathboneActorRio, The Lady of Scandal
Movies and TV shows
331950s
1 title · average score 64
64
The Buccaneer (1958)
Script
1940s
5 titles · average score 63
44
A Royal Scandal (1945)
Screenplay
86
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Screenplay
66
They Met in Bombay (1941)
Screenplay
57
Underground (1941)
Story
1930s
23 titles · average score 62
56
Rio (1939)
Screenplay
54
The Buccaneer (1938)
Screenplay
83
Desire (1936)
Screenplay
70
So Red the Rose (1935)
Writer
66
Here Is My Heart (1934)
Screenplay

Tonight Is Ours (1933)
Writer
66
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
Screenplay
62
Wild Girl (1932)
Screenplay
47
Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)
Screenplay
47
Romance (1930)
Screenplay
54
The Lady of Scandal (1930)
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